May 10, 2007

BBC NEWS | Americas | Boat rammed, say Haiti survivors

BBC NEWS | Americas | Boat rammed, say Haiti survivors: "Survivors of a capsizing in which 61 Haitian migrants died have said that their vessel was rammed by a patrol boat from the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Survivors told Associated Press news agency that their boat was rammed, towed into deeper water and then abandoned when it overturned.

The boat was carrying about 150 people from Haiti to the US when it sank early Friday 4 May off the Turks and Caicos.

The islands' government has said it is investigating the incident.

The US Coast Guard has said the migrants' vessel capsized as it was being towed to Providenciales, one of the Turks and Caicos Islands."