Above: Petit-Goave
By the Caribbean Journal staff
A truck overturned and caused the deaths of at least 27 people on a highway near the town of Petit-Goave in Haiti Saturday.
The truck, which was carrying traders and commercial goods, overturned, and wounded at least 30.
Haitian President Michel Martelly, calling it a “terrible” accident, said he deplored the tragedy and presented his sympathies to its victims.
The crash occurred on the eve of Easter, on Highway #2 at the height of Morne Tapion.
Martelly said he would renew his commitment to correcting a set of practices that continue to harm communities.