More than a Dozen Electrocuted on Parade Float at Haiti’s Carnival
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Instagram/iamtico(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) — More than a dozen people were killed and dozens others injured in an electrical accident on a Carnival float in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Thousands of parade specatators were on the streets Tuesday and watched as a power line fell onto a packed float carrying a hip hop group called Barikad Crew in the Champ de Mars, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). One group member, who performs under the name Fantom, was hit directly by the live wire and is now in critical condition, the Haiti Press Network reports.
A doctor in charge of emergency operations for Haiti’s Carnival celebration, Dr. Claude Surena, said the death toll could rise, but so far 15 are dead.
“Our teams are continuing to collect information at our health centers,” AFP quotes Surena as saying.
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