In what local authorities said was a hit and run incident, over 37 people have been killed and 13 others injured in northern Haiti after a bus
crash into a festival crowd on Sunday.
The bus, owned by the transportation company Blue Sky
Logistics, was reportedly carrying people from the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haitien to the nation's capital, Port Au Prince.
The bus which encountered streets crowded with revelers celebrating Rara, a popular festive season in Haiti that runs until Easter Sunday
first struck two people at a bus stop and continued into the crowd, killing at over 37 people and injuring 13 others, Reuters reported.
According to a police report, the driver fled the scene on foot and is still at large.
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