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A road crash on a highway in Kenya killed at least 17 people, most of them Catholic pilgrims · Best of: Features

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  A road crash on A highway in Kenya killed at least seventeen
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  people, most of them Catholic pilgrims. This
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  article is being read by an automated voice generated by Everlett. Nairobi,
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  Kenya, the AP. A crash involving multiple vehicles on the highway to
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  the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Saturday killed seventeen people, most
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  of them pilgrims on the way to
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  a prayer site officials said. The crash in the Salama area happened
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  after midnight when a truck driver tried and failed to overtake another
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  truck, police said. That caused a collision with vehicles, including a van
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  carrying pilgrims, police said. The van's driver and sixteen passengers, most of
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  the women, died at the scene, police said. The pilgrims were going
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  to a prayer site In Nakuru County, west of the Kenyan capital
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  of Nairobi, said Martin Kavuva, Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa.
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  The Archbishop said in a statement that he and others were saddened
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  with lots of grief over the deaths. President William Ruto offered condolences
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  to the families, friends, parishioners, and the entire Catholic community who are
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  mourning this painful loss. Road crashes are a problem across Africa. In
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  Kenya and elsewhere in the region, the crashes often are blamed on
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  poorly maintained vehicles, excess speed, and poor road conditions. Kenya's National Transport
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  and Safety Authority called upon all motorists to exercise extreme caution, avoid
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  dangerous overtaking, and strictly observe lane discipline. The government agency said that
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  the stretch where the crash happened was a so called black spot,
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  and that recommendations to address safety concerns had been made.