Friday night in Coupe à Limbé (North) a serious accident involving two semi trucks, made 10 dead and many wounded (provisional balance sheet)...

According to the Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC), while trying to avoid a truck broke down in the middle of the road, a second overloaded truck carrying mostly "madan-sara" with their goods, overturned on the side. According to a first assessment of the National Ambulance Centre (CAN) 10 people died on the spot, adding that the toll could rise as many injured are in critical condition. Relief operations because heavy rains have rendered rescue and transport of injured difficult.

The injured were rushed to the hospitals of Quartier Morin and Milot. The Justinian Hospital in Cap Haitien could not be used because of the strike by resident doctors that lasts for weeks https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17361-haiti-health-irresponsible-strike-in-hospitals.html

Such accidents are unfortunately too common in Haiti where the transport system is precarious, as well as the condition of vehicles and roads, forcing thousands of people daily use of freight trucks, often overloaded to move in non-existent security.

HL/ HaitiLibre