Karnal, March 20 -- A 21-year-old woman, who was travelling home to Bareilly for Eid, was charred to death and three others were injured after a Ecco minivan they were travelling in caught fire in Samalkha town on Delhi-Panipat highway on Thursday night, police said on Friday.

The accident occurred when a Rajasthan Roadways bus allegedly rammed into the minivan, dragging it for nearly 30 metres, before it erupted into flames.

According to police, the woman was travelling in a shared vehicle with 10 other passengers towards Delhi. Eye witnesses said that the minivan first hit a Kurukshetra-registered SUV, that had already broken down on the highway.

Sunil Kumar, one of the eye-witnesses said that after the first accident, all passengers...