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DESDUNES — Five people died, and another 15 were injured after being hit by a carnival float in Desdunes, a commune in the Artibonite Department, early morning on Mar. 2, according to local reports.
At least 16 people were killed during Haiti’s national Carnival parade in an accident involving an electrical shock on a float, government officials said.
The Haitian government is revising the death toll from an accident involving a Carnival float, lowering it by one.
At least 15 people were killed and around 40 injured early on Tuesday when a float in a carnival parade hit power lines in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, officials said.