Benue news
Trailer crushes two to death along Otukpo road
A commercial motorcycle rider popularly known as Okada and a female passenger were on Tuesday killed by a trailer in Makurdi, Benue State capital.
It was gathered that the accident which claimed the lives of the two happened along the usual busy New Otukpo Highway in Makurdi.
An eye witness also told newsmen that the incident happened around 8:40am and the two victims body mutilated.
As of the time of filing this report, it was not clear where the trailer was going but the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corp, Aliyu Baba, who confirmed the incident said the driver of the trailer had been arrested and handed over to the police.
However, the identities of the victims were yet to be ascertained.
Officials of the FRSC were said to have moved to the area and gathered the remains of the deceased in body bags while also making efforts to control traffic in the area.
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