At least 20 dead after power line electrocutes float during Haiti parade

At least 20 people were killed during an accident at a Carnival celebration in Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince, early Tuesday after a man standing on a float was electrocuted by a power line, setting off a mass panic. Dozens were trampled

Video from the scene appears to show a man moving a the live wire so the float could pass beneath it. It is a common practice in Haiti and elsewhere to have someone positioned atop a parade float to move low-hanging power lines.

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