Traffic accident on Delmas
Jan. 17th, 2012 09:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bcholmesPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A Haitian official says 23 people have died after a truck’s brakes failed and the vehicle crashed on one of the capital’s busiest streets.
Nadia Lochard of Haiti’s Civil Protection Office said Tuesday the incident happened on the thoroughfare of Route Delmas when the driver lost control, struck a small bus and ran onto the sidewalk.
Sixty seven other people were injured and were taken to hospitals in the area for treatment.
The press office of President Michel Martelly issued a statement saying the leader went to the site of the crash, which was in front of the national television headquarters.
— "Haiti official says 23 dead, 67 injured in truck crash on busy street", Washington Post
At the national TV headquarters. That'd be the intersection of Delmas and Delmas 33. I'm, uh, very familiar with that intersection. If the driver mounted the sidewalk, it's very easy to see how pedestrians and especially ti marchan (merchants) would be injured.
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Date: 2012-01-17 06:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-01-17 06:10 pm (UTC)