Derrick Lwugi, a pillar of Calgary's Kenyan community, was one of 18 Canadian victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash Sunday. Lwugi, 54, an accountant for the city and founder of the Kenyan Community in Calgary group, was on the flight, a family friend confirmed to CBC News. Gladys Kivia, left, is comforted by a member of Calgary's Kenyan community after learning her husband Derick Lwugi was killed in an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash on Sunday. People walk past a part of the wreckage at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday. Ethiopian Airlines said it's working to forensically identify the victims' identities and that once identities are confirmed, the bodies will be delivered to their loved ones.
Source: CBC News March 10, 2019 23:52 UTC