Haiti bus accident kills 23, injures dozen

A bus has gone down a ravine in the Caribbean country of Haiti, killing 23 people and injuring dozens of others.

At least 23 people, including a baby, died and dozens have been injured when a bus hurtled out of control down a hill and into a ravine in Haiti.

The bus, carrying around 60 people as well as market goods, was due to travel 200 km from western to southern Haiti when it crashed in the coastal town of Petit-Goave.

"It hurtled down a very dangerous hill before finally stopping 15 metres down in a ravine," said local justice of the peace, Josephe Leandre.

"We counted 23 deaths - women, men and children, including a baby less than a year old," Leandre said, counting those who died at the scene and others who died at hospital.


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