The accident occurred in the town of Desdunes in the department of Artibonite in the night of Tuesday 1 to Wednesday, March 2 when one of the trucks providing entertainment as part of the carnival festivities organized in the area has collided with the revelers.
According to information provided to Zoomhaitinews by the deputy head of the stretcher bearers of civil protection in the town of Desdunes Nolson Alcindor “the tragedy occurred when a driver was about to take over at the wheel of the vehicle,” he said specifying that the first driver himself was also killed at the time of the accident.
Is the consequence of alcohol abuse on the part of the driver? This question is still pending, as the civil protection does not have any information on the state of the driver at the time of the accident, given that the main culprit fled after the tragedy.
Nolson Alcindor said he fears an increase in the number of people killed in this accident given the seriousness of the victims scattered in hospitals in Haut and Bas-Artibonite.