60 feared dead after boat crash

Miami - Bahamian authorities found 69 Haitian migrants and the body of another on a shore six days after their sailboat crashed…

Miami - Bahamian authorities found 69 Haitian migrants and the body of another on a shore six days after their sailboat crashed in the southern Bahamas but as many as 60 others were feared dead, the US Coast Guard said yesterday.

The survivors said about 130 people were aboard when the 35-foot boat. They said after sailing for two days, the vessel crashed off the northern shore of Great Inagua.

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