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Norwegian killed in Kenya car crash

A Norwegian student was killed and another wounded in a car crash near Kisumu in Kenya on Sunday. Six others escaped serious injury.

The students, from a Kristiansand highschool, were in Kenya to work on a school project, installing a solar energy supply.

The accident occured when the students' minbus was hit from behind by a truck, NRK reports.

(NRK)


Written by Rolleiv Solholm

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