a runaway float, downed power line at 2:48am
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-31501543
http://www.npr.org/2015/02/17/387016966/haiti-government-cancels-carnival-after-18-people-die-in-accident
some photos
http://a.abcnews.com/images/International/HT_CARNIVAL_150217_DG_16x9_992.jpg
NWS photos linked
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rriIRLH63zI/VOPM8A5amHI/AAAAAAAAboQ/KNuwRwrIZ3E/w320-h426-no/10983415_833217813391702_3518986490782520234_n.jpg
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KEXA9z-j6iM/VOPNuVOiuCI/AAAAAAAAbos/aSP4ur5dfeI/w347-h463-no/11002641_833217573391726_6105894021805248563_n.jpg
Every year, there are people killed during carnival incidents similarly. I myself almost got run over by a float in 2004 with my friends.
RIP to my fellow Haitians
http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2015/2/17/a6d239afe3eb4227bc6dbcb3c89430d2_18.jpg