7 Dead in Kenyan Helicopter Crash, Including American CEO, Telemundo Exec

A deadly crash in Kenya has left seven people dead.

Six tourists and a Kenyan pilot were killed Aug. 19 when the helicopter they were flying in crashed in a remote part of northern Kenya, local police and the U.S. State Department confirmed to NBC News. 

Among those killed were five Americans, including businessman Roger Duarte, 42, and Telemundo executive José Alberto Suárez, 55.

Duarte, Suárez and the rest of their crew were flying from Loisaba Conservancy to the Ewaso Nyiro area in Samburu County before crashing in a rugged area in the foothills of Mount Ololokwe, local media reported per NBC News. The cause of the crash is still unknown.

The Kenya Red Cross posted on X that their “emergency response teams are participating in a multi-agency response effort as rescue teams work to access the crash site,” however they noted in a follow-up message that recovery efforts were “hampered by difficult terrain access and an active fire at the crash site.”