<p>In a freak accident, a 24-year-old final-year law student working as a part-time cab driver lost his life after he collided head-on with a bus near the Border Security Force (BSF) campus in Yelahanka Air Force Base, Ballari Road, on Thursday morning. </p>.<p>The victim has been identified as Lohith Prasad, a resident of Kalya village in Magadi taluk of Ramanagara district. </p>.<p>According to the preliminary investigation, police said Lohith was driving his father’s Maruti Swift Dzire and heading towards the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) from the city.</p>.<p>When he was near the BSF campus, he lost balance and hit the central median around 3:15 am. The speeding car jumped the median and landed on the opposite lane before hitting a KSRTC bus heading towards the city.</p>.<p>Though the bus driver tried to apply brakes, he was unable to as the car suddenly hit the bus and it came to a halt only after moving for 50 meters along with the car.</p>.<p>The Yelahanka traffic police were alerted about the incident by passersby.</p>.<p>On reaching the spot, police found that Lohith had died on the spot as the car’s front portion was completely damaged. There were no passengers in the car.</p>.<p>The bus driver and the passengers were unhurt in the accident. The bus was coming from Mantralaya. </p>.<p>Lohith was a final-year law student at a college in VV Puram. He used to work as a cab driver at night. </p>.<p>A case has been registered against Lohith.</p>.<p>His body was given to his family after a post-mortem. Yelahanka police are investigating. </p>
<p>In a freak accident, a 24-year-old final-year law student working as a part-time cab driver lost his life after he collided head-on with a bus near the Border Security Force (BSF) campus in Yelahanka Air Force Base, Ballari Road, on Thursday morning. </p>.<p>The victim has been identified as Lohith Prasad, a resident of Kalya village in Magadi taluk of Ramanagara district. </p>.<p>According to the preliminary investigation, police said Lohith was driving his father’s Maruti Swift Dzire and heading towards the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) from the city.</p>.<p>When he was near the BSF campus, he lost balance and hit the central median around 3:15 am. The speeding car jumped the median and landed on the opposite lane before hitting a KSRTC bus heading towards the city.</p>.<p>Though the bus driver tried to apply brakes, he was unable to as the car suddenly hit the bus and it came to a halt only after moving for 50 meters along with the car.</p>.<p>The Yelahanka traffic police were alerted about the incident by passersby.</p>.<p>On reaching the spot, police found that Lohith had died on the spot as the car’s front portion was completely damaged. There were no passengers in the car.</p>.<p>The bus driver and the passengers were unhurt in the accident. The bus was coming from Mantralaya. </p>.<p>Lohith was a final-year law student at a college in VV Puram. He used to work as a cab driver at night. </p>.<p>A case has been registered against Lohith.</p>.<p>His body was given to his family after a post-mortem. Yelahanka police are investigating. </p>
