Mombasa Archdiocese Holds Special Prayers for 17 Pilgrims Killed in Crash
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 4 – The Archdiocese of Mombasa has held special prayers for 17 pilgrims from St Mathias Mulumba Parish who were killed in a road accident along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway early Saturday.
The pilgrims were travelling from Mikindani, Mombasa, to the National Shrine in Subukia, Nakuru County, for the annual Catholic National Prayer Day when the crash occurred at Mlima Kiu in the Salama area.
Police said the accident happened at about 12:10 a.m. after a truck travelling towards Mombasa attempted to overtake a line of vehicles and clipped the rear right side of another truck travelling in the same direction.