Das Borgen Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh8sti Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 very sad to hear. That looks brutal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POS VETT Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Very tragic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC K9 Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Another reason I avoid such events. Very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Sad indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Borgen Posted February 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 yeah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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