Haiti truck road crash leaves 17 dead, 18 injured – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

A road accident at a Haiti highway on April 2, 2012. The the most recent accident in Haiti involving a truck on August 15, 2015 leaves 17 dead and 18 injured. — AFP picA road accident at a Haiti highway on April 2, 2012. The the most recent accident in Haiti involving a truck on August 15, 2015 leaves 17 dead and 18 injured. — AFP picPORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 16 — A road accident left 17 dead and 18 injured yesterday morning in Haiti as a truck crammed with passengers and other goods crashed while trying to avoid a vehicle, an official said.

“A truck carrying about 30 people, planks of wood and coal overturned, apparently trying to avoid a motorcycle that had three passengers,” said Jean-Henry Petit, the civil protection department’s technical coordinator for the Nord department.

The truck was en route from Saint-Raphael, a town some 40 kilometres from Cap-Haitien, and had almost reached its destination when the accident occurred, Petit said.

“No one who was in the truck or on the bike was spared in the accident,” Petit added.

Civil protection officers, firefighters and Haitian Red Cross teams helped with the rescue effort at the crash site, about six kilometers from downtown Cap-Haitien.

One woman died midday from her injuries, while 16 others, including one of the passengers on the motorcycle, died at the scene.

The victims’ bodies were being kept at a public hospital before being returned to their families.

The 18 injured were transferred to medical centres in Cap-Haitien. Of these, 13 people are in serious condition, Petit said. — AFP

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The government has constructed good drainage culverts, alongside of these main roads.
They are constructed of rocks and are about 3 feet wide and 3 feet deep. This truck dropped its wheels into the culvert and rolled the vehicle into a
rock wall, crushing the passengers.
The corner where this happened is known as “The Crossroads of Death” since many similar accidents have occurred here.

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