至少17人在肯尼亚沿海城市蒙巴萨通往祈祷场所的高速公路上发生的多车相撞事故中丧生，其中大多数是前往祈祷场所的天主教朝圣者。
At least 17 people, most of them Catholic pilgrims on the way to a prayer site, have been killed in a crash involving multiple vehicles on the highway to the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa.
警方周六表示，事故发生在首都内罗毕东南约90公里（约55英里）处的萨拉马地区，时间是午夜之后。
The crash in the Salama area, about 90 kilometres (about 55 miles) southeast of the capital Nairobi, happened after midnight, police said on Saturday.
警方称，一辆卡车司机试图超越另一辆卡车但未能成功，随后与包括一辆载有朝圣者的厢式车在内的车辆发生碰撞。肯尼亚媒体报道称，朝圣者乘坐一辆14座小巴。警方称，小巴司机和16名乘客当场死亡，其中大多数是女性。
The crash occurred when a truck driver tried and failed to overtake another truck; that caused a collision with vehicles including a van carrying pilgrims, police said. Kenyan media reported that the pilgrims were travelling in a 14-seater minibus. The van’s driver and 16 passengers, most of them women, died at the scene, police said.
蒙巴萨天主教总教区总主教马丁·基武瓦表示，这些朝圣者正前往纳库鲁县的一处祈祷场所，该县位于内罗毕以西。
The pilgrims were going to a prayer site in Nakuru County, west of Nairobi, said Martin Kivuva, archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa.
总主教在一份声明中说，他和其他人因这些人的死亡而“悲痛万分”。
The archbishop said in a statement that he and others were “saddened with lots of grief” over the deaths.
肯尼亚总统威廉·鲁托向遇难者的家属、朋友、教区信众和整个天主教团体致以慰问，“他们正在哀悼这一令人痛心的损失”。肯尼亚国家交通安全局（NTSA）已启动对这起事故的调查。该局表示，已派出调查人员“查明导致这场碰撞的全部情况”。
President William Ruto offered condolences to the families, friends, parishioners and the entire Catholic community “who are mourning this painful loss”. Kenya’s National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) launched an investigation into the crash. The NTSA said it dispatched investigators “to establish the full circumstances leading to the collision”.
但该局指出，事故发生路段是出了名的“黑点”，并且“已针对该路段的安全隐患提出建议”。
But it noted that the stretch of road where the crash occurred is a known “black spot” and that “recommendations have been made to address safety concerns” regarding the route.
道路事故是非洲普遍存在的问题。在肯尼亚及该地区其他地方，这些事故常被归因于车辆维护不善、超速和路况较差。
Road accidents are a problem across Africa. In Kenya and elsewhere in the region, the accidents are often blamed on poorly maintained vehicles, excess speed and poor road conditions.
据当地媒体援引肯尼亚国家交通安全局（NTSA）的数据，肯尼亚去年有5,009人死于道路交通事故，而2026年前六个月报告了2,150人死亡。
Kenya recorded 5,009 road traffic deaths last year, while 2,150 deaths were reported in the first six months of 2026, local media reported, citing numbers from the NTSA.