On Sunday, August 10, a truck carrying a majority of merchants struck the parapet of the Pont Sondé, National Road #1, in Artibonite, causing the fall of 14 people in the river.

Right now 4 people, including a woman, were rescued on site, the other 10 are still missing in the river.

Members of the local committee of Civil Protection (DPC) of Bas-Coursin (Petite-Rivière de l'Artibonite) continue to search for survivors in the Artibonite River.

HL/ HaitiLibre