Helicopter crash kills 4 Americans, pilot in Kenya

By Magdalene Mukami

NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) - Four American tourists and a pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed on Sunday night in northern Kenya, local police said on Monday.

“Last evening at about 8pm [1700 GMT], a helicopter crashed at Central Island National Park in Lake Turkana, killing all its five occupants on board,” police spokesman Charles Owino said in a statement.

The statement said the cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained and that the details of the deceased will be released once the next of kin are notified.