Shipwreck in Haiti kills 15

PORT-AU-PRINCE - Some 15 people died in a shipwreck off Haiti's southern coast last week, according to a survivor quoted by Haitian…

PORT-AU-PRINCE - Some 15 people died in a shipwreck off Haiti's southern coast last week, according to a survivor quoted by Haitian radio yesterday. Parliamentary sources said earlier on Radio Haiti Inter that the shipwreck claimed more than 200 lives. However, the survivor, Jean Baptiste Jeanfly, said there were around 50 people aboard the boat when it sank on Thursday.

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