17 Catholic pilgrims die in accident at Salama along Mombasa-Nairobi highway

Seventeen members of the catholic church on a pilgrimage to the Subukia Shrine for a national prayer day that was to be held today have died in a multiple car crash at Salama along the Mombasa- Nairobi highway. The accident also left seven people injured. The deceased were members of the St Mathias Mulumba parish in Mikindani, Mombasa.