Agra, Sept. 23 -- Five people died after two vehicles caught fire following a head-on collision between them in the rural limits of Aligarh on Tuesday morning, police said.

Four people in a car, all under 23 years of age, and the driver of a mini-truck died on the spot. One injured person was hospitalised.

Superintendent of police (SP)-Rural Amrit Jain said the car, bearing registration number DL3C BV 0844, went out of control and crashed into the road divider before colliding with the mini-truck bearing registration number UP 87T 3241, which was coming from the opposite side, near the Gopi flyover. After the mishap, both vehicles caught fire.

"The fire was doused, and bodies were removed from vehicles. They were sent for postmortem. A...