Three Muslim faithful have been confirmed dead after a car crashed into a prayer ground during Eid-El Kabir prayers in Ogun state.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed this to newsmen.

Some eyewitnesses said the driver lost control of the vehicle and plunged it unto the worshippers.

He said some angry worshippers descended on the driver but he was rescued by the police.

He said many of the worshippers sustained varying degrees of injuries.