Runaway bus in Haiti kills 34, injures 15: officials

AFP  |  Port-au-Prince 

A runaway bus plowed into a crowd of people in the Haitian city of Gonaives early today, killing 34 people and injuring 15 others, officials said.

The accident, in the city some 150 kilometres outside Port-au-Prince, occurred when the vehicle mowed over two pedestrians, killing one, then rammed into a group of musicians as it tried to speed away, authorities said.

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Runaway bus in Haiti kills 34, injures 15: officials

A runaway bus plowed into a crowd of people in the Haitian city of Gonaives early today, killing 34 people and injuring 15 others, officials said. The accident, in the city some 150 kilometres outside Port-au-Prince, occurred when the vehicle mowed over two pedestrians, killing one, then rammed into a group of musicians as it tried to speed away, authorities said. A runaway bus plowed into a crowd of people in the Haitian city of Gonaives early today, killing 34 people and injuring 15 others, officials said.

The accident, in the city some 150 kilometres outside Port-au-Prince, occurred when the vehicle mowed over two pedestrians, killing one, then rammed into a group of musicians as it tried to speed away, authorities said.

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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