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| Passenger boat capsizes off Haiti | Passenger boat capsizes off Haiti |
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| Five people are dead and dozens are missing after a 9-metre (30-ft) boat capsized off Haiti, officials said, revising an earlier toll of six deaths. | Five people are dead and dozens are missing after a 9-metre (30-ft) boat capsized off Haiti, officials said, revising an earlier toll of six deaths. |
| Rescuers saved 26 people and a search is continuing for the others aboard the vessel, which emergency services believe may have been overloaded. | Rescuers saved 26 people and a search is continuing for the others aboard the vessel, which emergency services believe may have been overloaded. |
| 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. | 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. |
| The local rescue coordinator, Jean-Michel Sabbat, told AFP the boat was old and may have been overloaded with passengers and goods. | The local rescue coordinator, Jean-Michel Sabbat, told AFP the boat was old and may have been overloaded with passengers and goods. |
| Local authorities and the UN mission in Haiti were helping with the search and were requesting help from local fishermen, Ms Jean-Baptiste added. | Local authorities and the UN mission in Haiti were helping with the search and were requesting help from local fishermen, Ms Jean-Baptiste added. |