Four charred when car catches fire, falls into culvert in Madhya Pradesh

Four men were burnt and one injured in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district after their car caught fire after a tire burst and fell into a culvert, police said on Monday (Oct 26, 2026).

According to police, the incident took place around 11.30 pm on Sunday (October 25) on the four-lane Mhow-Neemuch highway in the Sadalpur police station area when one of the tires burst and caught fire, after which the car veered off the road and into a culvert, eventually catching fire.

Dhar Superintendent of Police Sachin Sharma told The Hindu that the five friends, all residents of Sagore district, were returning after visiting a temple and that the sole survivor also suffered serious burn injuries and was being treated.

“He suffered 35% burns. A police team reached the spot and sent him for medical treatment,” he said.

Additional Superintendent of Police Parul Belapurkar said Tushar Mandloi, 20, was thrown from the car when it fell into a roadside culvert and survived, while the other four remained trapped inside the vehicle.

The deceased are Bheem Dhakad, 24; Chetan Dhakad, 21; Aditya Tiwari, 22; and Abhishek Solanki, 19, and autopsies were conducted on them, Mr. Belapurkar said.

Published – 26 Oct 2026 21:57 IST