Four bridesmaids were killed, the bride herself is in critical condition. Courtesy Fox News.

A BRIDE has been left in a critical condition and four of her closest friends are dead after a drunk driver slammed into their hen’s day limo in New York.

The group, who were on a winery tour, had just left a vineyard minutes before the tragic crash.

Witnesses say the vehicle was attempting to make a U-turn when the 4 wheel drive slammed into it, almost cutting it in half.

“The pick-up truck was halfway through the limo,” Lynne Lulfs told the New York Daily News.

“We saw bodies hanging out of the left side of the car.

“They looked like young girls. It was just arms, and heads and hair.”

Police on the scene said it was one of the worst accidents they had ever seen.

Brittany M. Schulman, 23, Lauren Baruch, 24, Stephanie Belli, 23, and Amy R. Grabina, 23, were all killed in the crash.

Also injured in the smash were Joelle M. Dimonte, 25, Melissa Angela Crai, 23, Alicia Arundel, 24 and Olga Lipets, 24, and the limo driver Carlos Pino, 58.

The driver of the truck, Steve Romeo, was transported to hospital for lacerations on his face.

Police toldCBS New York that the driver was arrested for driving while intoxicated.

Southold Police Chief Martin said the driver initially fled the scene, but was soon caught.

“It’s so sad because I heard that the girls in the limousine may have been around for the bachelorette party so you know something like that happening .. It’s insane,” a local told CBS.

Investigators are looking into the possibility that the limo was making an illegal U-turn at the time of the accident.