Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin has died in a car accident.

The 27-year-old was known for playing Pavel Chekov in the JJ Abrams reboot of the famous franchise.

Yelchin was born in St Petersburg, Russia, to his figure skating parents, Irina and Viktor Yelchin, in March 1989.

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