Nine Actors Die in Benue Auto Accident

Malik Yahya/

Nine teenage actors were killed in a motor accident along the Katsina/Ala-Ikyowe Road in Katsina/Ala Local Government Area of Benue State.

Those involved in the accident were identified as the crew members of a movie production outfit in Zaki Biam in Ukum area of Benue.

They were reportedly heading back to base after a marketing tour when the accident occurred.

According to eyewitnesses, the driver and all the passengers died when the bus was crushed by a truck near a police checkpoint.

One of the eyewitnesses said, “We learnt that at about 7pm, yesterday, the bus which was conveying the young artistes who were about nine in number including their driver, was taking them back home to Zaki Biam when it was flagged down at one of the security checkpoints on Katsina/Ala-Ikyowe Road probably for clearance.

“Regrettably a trailer on top speed coming from far behind was also being flagged down by the security operatives but the driver of the truck apparently lost control of the vehicle and ran into the parked bus killing all the occupants on the spot.”