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5 Americans among 7 dead after helicopter crashes in Kenya

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Five Americans died in a helicopter crash in Samburu County, Kenya, on Wednesday, a State Department spokesperson confirmed. The U.S. Embassy confirmed five of those who died in the crash were Americans, after initially saying four Americans died. The Eurocopter EC130 B4 was flying from Loisaba to Ewaso Nyiro with '7 souls on board' when the accident occurred at approximately 9:13 a.m. local time on Wednesday, according to the KCAA. The Americans killed in the crash were Roger Edward Duarte, Adam Martin Hlavaty, Henry Parra and Jose Alberto Suarez, the Samburu County police commander confirmed to ABC News. Suarez was the president and general manager of multiple Telemundo stations, according to NBC. Ecuador's national intelligence chief Michele Sensi-Contugi and his wife, Ecuadorian-American Stephany Maria Hollihan Vasconez, were among those killed, according to Ecuador's Foreign Ministry. Luxury travel and tour agency &Beyond confirmed in a statement that a helicopter carrying its guests had crashed near Mount Ololokwe and expressed its 'deepest sympathies with all those affected.'