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PORT-AU-PRINCE – Nineteen Haitians were killed when a ship carrying them between the southern coastal settlements of Anse-a-Pitre and Marigot sank in the early hours of Saturday morning, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said on Twitter.
Local media quoted a survivor identified as Marie Lucienne Pola as saying that the boat, which was used to transport gas, cement, food and passengers, was overloaded.
The ship, which the media named Eklezyas, sank off the town of Belle-Anse. Civil protection authorities in Marigot said 11 bodies had been recovered on Saturday morning.
Local fishing and transport boats helped rescue the ship’s survivors. These ships usually carry hundreds of people.
Reference-torontosun.com