2 Iowa brothers killed in Kenya crash, sister in critical condition
Updated: 10:43 AM CST Jan 9, 2026
The Waterloo community is raising money for a local family that suffered a tragic crash during a family vacation in Kenya.According to KCRG, the DeLeon family is stuck in Kenya after a crash on Jan. 4 killed two of their children and left another hospitalized in critical condition.Emmanuel, an eighth-grader at Hoover Middle School, and his younger brother, Kairo, reportedly died at the scene of the crash. Njeri, their older sister, is in an Intensive Care Unit in Kenya. She is a junior at West High.A GoFundMe has been created to help parents Leah and Christopher pay for funeral and hospital expenses.» Subscribe to KCCI’s YouTube page» Download the free KCCI app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play
WATERLOO, Iowa —
The Waterloo community is raising money for a local family that suffered a tragic crash during a family vacation in Kenya.
According to KCRG, the DeLeon family is stuck in Kenya after a crash on Jan. 4 killed two of their children and left another hospitalized in critical condition.
Emmanuel, an eighth-grader at Hoover Middle School, and his younger brother, Kairo, reportedly died at the scene of the crash. Njeri, their older sister, is in an Intensive Care Unit in Kenya. She is a junior at West High.
A GoFundMe has been created to help parents Leah and Christopher pay for funeral and hospital expenses.
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The DeLeon family from Waterloo is stuck in Kenya after a crash killed two of their children — Emmanuel, left, and Kairo, right — and left another hospitalized in critical condition.