5 charred to death as car catches fire after collision with truck near Agra

Five people were charred to death on December 22 after their car caught fire on colliding with a tanker truck carrying diesel on the Yamuna Expressway near Uttar Pradesh's Agra.

Police informed that the truck took a wrong turn while moving at a high speed, following which the car heading to Lucknow from Agra collided with it.

The occupants of the car got trapped inside it after the crash because of its central lock system.

The fire brigade was called in, but by the time the fire was controlled, all five occupants of the car were badly burnt.

The truck driver fled the scene after the crash.

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