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Dozens dead in Haiti truck crash

Haiti - Truck crashed into busy market
Haiti - Truck crashed into busy market

Dozens of people are feared dead and many more injured after a truck ploughed into a busy market in the town of Cavaillon in southern Haiti.

Local media reported that the accident may have left as many as 30 dead.

Joseph Serizier, a journalist at the scene of the accident, said there were at least 19 bodies at the scene, adding that about a dozen more bodies had been taken to a hospital in the nearby city of Cayes.