Six people were burnt to death on Monday morning after the car they were travelling in went out of control, crashed into a roadside light pole and caught fire on the Panipat–Khatima National Highway in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said. The accident took place near Jagaheri, and the impact was so severe that the vehicle was quickly engulfed in flames, leaving the occupants no chance to escape, officials said.

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Police teams reached the spot after receiving information about the crash and carried out rescue and relief work. The bodies of all six occupants were recovered from the burnt vehicle and sent for post-mortem examination after legal formalities, police said. PTI also reported the deaths, saying six people travelling in the car were burnt alive after the road crash in Muzaffarnagar.

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6people killed, all of them occupants of the car
10–12approximate age in years of the child among the dead, according to officials
1vehicle involved — a car that hit a roadside light pole near Jagaheri

Victims believed to be from Haryana's Jind district

Preliminary information suggests the victims were residents of Jind district in neighbouring Haryana, and that one of the dead was a child estimated to be between 10 and 12 years old, officials said. Police said efforts were under way to confirm the identities of the dead, and that the process of contacting their families had begun. No names had been released at the time of reporting.

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Investigation under way

Police said they were investigating how the car went out of control and the circumstances of the crash; the exact cause had not been established and further details were awaited. The Panipat–Khatima highway is a busy route linking Haryana with western Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, carrying heavy truck and car traffic through the Muzaffarnagar district.

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