A member of the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support mission in Haiti was killed along with a civilian after two armored vehicles were involved in an accident along a mountaintop road above Port-au-Prince.
In addition to the deaths, eight MSS officers were injured, three of them critically, officials said.
The fatalities were confirmed by Jack Ombaka, the spokesman for the MSS.
“They required medical evacuation to the Dominican Republic for specialized care after receiving initial treatment,” Ombaka said.
The accident occurred at approximately 5 p.m.
Sunday August 31, 2025 along the Kenscoff–Pétion-Ville road at Pelerin 9 in the capital, during a recovery operation involving two MaxxPro vehicles.
“While one was towing the other due to a mechanical failure, an accident occurred,” he said.
“Unfortunately, civilians were also involved.”
The MaxxPro vehicles are the largest of the armored vehicles that were donated by the United States for use by the mission.
While one vehicle crashed into a wall, another subsequently overturned, the MSS said in an earlier statement.
“The injured were rushed to Lambert Santé Hospital in Pétion-Ville, where an MSS officer and a civilian were pronounced deceased,” said Ombaka.
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