At least six people died Wednesday, April 20 in Haiti in the crash of a small commercial plane in the town of Carrefour, near the capital Port-au-Prince.

The device ensured the journey between Port-au-Prince and Jacmel, in the south of the country, told AFP the head of the Carrefour police, Pierre Belamy Saturday.

All five passengers on the plane, including the pilot, died.

In crashing, the aircraft killed a motorbike taxi driver and hit a truck transporting consumer products, seriously injuring five, according to Judge Moïse Jean.

All the injured were taken to hospital.

Prime Minister Ariel Henry said in a tweet "deeply saddened" by the tragedy, addressing "(his) sympathies to the families of the victims".

Air traffic has greatly increased in Haiti since last year, any safe road traffic to the south of the country being made impossible by clashes between gangs in Martissant, a district of Port-au-Prince crossed by the only road going in that direction.

With AFP

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