Two youths burnt alive as e-scooter catches fire

In a tragic incident, two youths were burnt alive after their e-scooter caught fire after being trapped in a collision between a bus and a truck in the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.

According to the police, the deceased were riding the e-scooter when a collision occurred between the bus and truck on the Indore-Ichapur highway on Sunday afternoon. Soon after being trapped in the collision the two-wheeler caught fire.

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Eye-witnesses told the police that neither the two men nor their e-scooter was involved in the crash, but as they came between the two heavy vehicles the scooter went up in flames. Both men were burnt alive on the spot.

The police said that the deceased youths were identified as Vineet Sharma and Syed Mohsin Ali.