The vehicle first rammed into an electricity pole before smashing through nearly 10 metres of the divider and overturning onto the opposite carriageway. Six people, including a child, died after their car collided with a roadside pole and caught fire on the Panipat-Khatima National Highway in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar. Six people died when their car collided with an electric pole and caught fire on the Shamli highway in Muzaffarnagar.