At least 12 killed as ferry capsizes off Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, May 12 (Reuters) - At least 12 people drowned and others were missing and feared dead after a packed ferry sank off the southern coast of Haiti, authorities said on Monday.
Jean Baptiste Langeton, a municipal official in Gressier on the southern outskirts of the impoverished Caribbean nation's capital, said the boat had more than 150 people aboard when it capsized late on Saturday or early Sunday morning.
"Twelve bodies have been recovered but there might be more," said Langeton. "The search is continuing for survivors and other bodies," he said.
He added that the bodies of the victims discovered so far, seven adults and five children, were found early Sunday after they washed up on a beach known as Sunny Bel. (Reporting by Joseph Guyler Delva; Editing by Tom Brown and Jackie Frank)
Jean Baptiste Langeton, a municipal official in Gressier on the southern outskirts of the impoverished Caribbean nation's capital, said the boat had more than 150 people aboard when it capsized late on Saturday or early Sunday morning.
"Twelve bodies have been recovered but there might be more," said Langeton. "The search is continuing for survivors and other bodies," he said.
He added that the bodies of the victims discovered so far, seven adults and five children, were found early Sunday after they washed up on a beach known as Sunny Bel. (Reporting by Joseph Guyler Delva; Editing by Tom Brown and Jackie Frank)
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