Dozens at large after Lebanon jailbreak

Over 60 people fled a detention centre in Lebanon yesterday, including six who later died in a car accident on a nearby road, a judicial source said.  

The prisoners broke past tight security at the facility near the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, early in the morning, according to the source.

Nine have since been recaptured while six others died after a car they hijacked swerved into a tree in slippery road conditions, the source added.

The official National News Agency reported the breakout and crash but did not specify how many people had fled or the accident toll.

Lebanon's Internal Security Forces were not immediately available for comment.