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Island in Lake Turkana where DP Ruto's pilot, four Americans visited before helicopter crash

DP William Ruto's pilot Captain Mario Magonga who perished in the Turkana chopper crash.

DP William Ruto's pilot Captain Mario Magonga and four Americans died on Sunday evening when their helicopter crashed in a remote island in Lake Turkana in a national park in northwest Kenya.

The four were visiting Lobolo Camp, a popular tourist area when their chopper came down at Lobolo in Central Island National Park at 8 pm.

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