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| Passenger boat capsizes off Haiti | Passenger boat capsizes off Haiti |
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| At least six people are dead and dozens are missing after a passenger boat capsized off the coast of Haiti, officials say. | At least six people are dead and dozens are missing after a passenger boat capsized off the coast of Haiti, officials say. |
| Rescuers managed to save 16 people and a search is continuing for the others aboard the vessel, details of which were not given. | Rescuers managed to save 16 people and a search is continuing for the others aboard the vessel, details of which were not given. |
| The boat was reportedly en route from Anse a Pitre to the southern city of Jacmel when it overturned. | The boat was reportedly en route from Anse a Pitre to the southern city of Jacmel when it overturned. |
| Survivors were taken to a hospital in Jacmel, AFP news agency reports. | Survivors were taken to a hospital in Jacmel, AFP news agency reports. |
| Alta Jean-Baptiste, director of Haiti's civil protection agency, said some 60 people had been aboard the boat when the accident happened between the towns of Belle-Anse and Marigot. | |
| Local authorities and the UN mission in Haiti are helping with the search and have requested help from local fisherman, AFP adds. | |
| No theories for the cause of the accident were being reported in the immediate aftermath. |