India, Oct. 26 -- Four youngsters in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district were charred to death and another was critically injured after the vehicle they were travelling in hit a divider before catching fire, police said on Monday.

The incident took place around 11.30pm on Sunday on a four-lane highway in Badnawar, near a dhaba between Sadalpur and Kherod. The sole survivor is in a critical condition, the police said.

"The five friends were returning after visiting the Sanwariya Seth temple. On their way back, their vehicle hit the divider of a culvert. The impact was so severe that the vehicle fell off the culvert and caught fire," a police officer said.

One of the occupants was thrown out of the vehicle, the officer said. The fire spread r...