Sundergarh, May 31: Yesterday night, three youths were charred to death when their car caught fire after colliding with a tree at Sukhajor under Lephripara PS here. An eye witness stated to media that the car suddenly lost control and slammed into a tree. Its engine caught fire and it suddenly engulfed the vehicle. The three persons inside the car were burnt alive being inside the vehicle as they could not get out. An on spot investigation has begun and after preliminary inspection, it has been found that all three were travelling to Hemgiri. One of them was Biswajit Kar, a finance company employee from Koraput, the other two were Rahul Pasayat and Loknath Garadia, locals of Chhatenpalli area here.