Kenyan military chief killed in helicopter crash, president says

NAIROBI - Kenya's military chief was among nine people killed in a helicopter crash Thursday, according to Kenyan President William Ruto.

General Francis Ogolla, Kenya's chief of defense forces, was in the helicopter with 11 other military personnel. Two people survived the crash and are hospitalized.

Shortly after takeoff, the helicopter went down in Kenya's Rift Valley, in the country's west, and burst in