In what local authorities said was a hit and run incident, at least 38
people have been killed and 13 others injured in northern Haiti after a
bus crash into a festival crowd on Sunday. The bus, owned by the
transportation company Blue Sky Logistics, was reportedly carrying
people from the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haitien to the nation's
capital, Port Au Prince
.
The bus which encountered streets crowded with revelers celebrating
Rara, a popular festive season in Haiti that runs until Easter Sunday
first struck two people at a bus stop and continued into the crowd,
killing at least 38 people and injuring 13 others, Reuters reported.
According to a police report, the driver fled the scene on foot and is still at large.
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