A heavy duty truck on Saturday morning crushed 14 teenagers to death in Barkinladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. Nine others sustained various injuries in the accident.
The vehicle rammed into the teenagers as they stood by the roadside. Most of the victims are said to be between 12 and 16-years-old.
The accident occurred along Tudun Maza, few kilometres from the headquarters of Barkinladi Local Government Area.
The driver and another passenger in the truck absconded after the accident, residents said.
“They (driver and passenger)jumped out of the vehicle, and ran away into the bush to avoid being lynched by relatives of the victim’s and people within the scene of the incident,” a witness said.
