Dhar, Oct. 26 -- Four people were charred to death and another sustained injuries after a car caught fire and fell into a ditch following a tyre burst on the Mhow-Neemuch four-lane road in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district, police said.

The accident occurred near a culvert in front of Heera Dhaba under the jurisdiction of Sadalpur police station in the district at around 11:30 pm on Sunday, October 25. The injured person has been referred to Indore for further treatment.

"Yesterday at around 11:30 pm, a car carrying five youths was passing by a culvert on Mhow-Neemuch four-lane road near Heera Dhaba under the Sadalpur police station limits. While crossing the culvert, the tyre on the driver's side burst. The car lost balance, caught fire a...