Dhar, Oct 26: Four young men were charred to death and another was injured 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 late on Sunday night, police said, ANI reported.

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The accident occurred at around 11:30 pm on Sunday near a culvert in front of Heera Dhaba, under the jurisdiction of Sadalpur police station. “While crossing the culvert, the tyre on the driver's side burst. The car lost balance, caught fire and fell into a ditch below the culvert. Four people died on the spot while one sustained injuries in the incident,” said Parul Belapurkar, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Dhar, according to ANI.

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The five youths were residents of the Sagore area and were returning after visiting the Sanwaria Seth temple. Tushar Mandloi (20) managed to get out of the car, while Bhim Dhakad (20), Chetan Dhakad (20), Aditya Tiwari (20) and Abhishek Solanki (19) died inside the vehicle, ASP Belapurkar said, ANI reported.

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Civil Surgeon at Dhar District Hospital, Dr Mukund Barman, said the survivor sustained 35 to 40 per cent burn injuries and was referred to Indore for further treatment, ANI and Nation Press reported.

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The four bodies were brought to the district hospital in Dhar. Police have registered a case and further investigation into the sequence of events and the cause of the fire is underway, reports said.

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