See Photos: 4 people crushed to death in a grisly motor accident in Benue State

Three young men and a woman were crushed to death in a fatal motor accident on Christmas morning along Makurdi-Lafia road, Benue State. According to Idoma Voice, the accident involved a Honda Sedan car and a motorbike conveying the three young men and woman to church. The driver of the Honda reportedly lost control and crushed the men and woman.

"We were going to church this morning when we saw an motorbike conveying some young men and a woman, to a church in a nearby village, speed past us, " an eyewitness disclosed. "However, after a short time we heard a big bang and we saw people running and screening towards a direction, we followed suit, and on getting there we saw that a Honda car had just ran over the motorbike apparently after the driver of the vehicle lost control. The four occupants of the motorbike died instantly while the driver of the car who managed to control his vehicle in the middle of a forest, and other occupants of the car sustained injuries."The bodies were taken to the Makurdi Federal Medical Centre, FMC by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC.