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Runaway bus in Haiti kills 34, injures 15: officials

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AFP Port-au-Prince
A runaway bus plowed into a crowd of people in the Haitian city of Gonaives early today, killing 34 people and injuring 15 others, officials said.

The accident, in the city some 150 kilometres outside Port-au-Prince, occurred when the vehicle mowed over two pedestrians, killing one, then rammed into a group of musicians as it tried to speed away, authorities said.

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First Published: Mar 12 2017 | 9:13 PM IST

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