<p>Three people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a tumtum and an NWKRTC bus on Korthi Kolhar bridge near here on Wednesday. The accident sparked a flash protest. The agitating group went berserk, assaulting the PSI and setting the police jeep on fire.</p>.<p>The victims, natives of Bagalkot district, were returning home from Kolhar.<br />The accident occurred when the driver of the tumtum, trying to avoid police checking, lost control and crashed the vehicle into a bus coming in the opposite direction.</p>.<p>The relatives of the deceased and the injured, joined by a few locals, got into a heated exchange with the police and in the melee, a few persons assaulted Kolhar SI Anil Kumbar. The agitators set police jeep on fire and damaged three police vehicles, a DAR vehicle, the government and an SUV.</p>.<p>The police, however, brought the situation under control after a while.<br />Superintendent of Police Prakash Nikkam told reporters that he had no information on whether the tumtum driver rammed into the bus while trying to avoid police checking. A thorough investigation will be conducted into the accident, he added.</p>
<p>Three people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a tumtum and an NWKRTC bus on Korthi Kolhar bridge near here on Wednesday. The accident sparked a flash protest. The agitating group went berserk, assaulting the PSI and setting the police jeep on fire.</p>.<p>The victims, natives of Bagalkot district, were returning home from Kolhar.<br />The accident occurred when the driver of the tumtum, trying to avoid police checking, lost control and crashed the vehicle into a bus coming in the opposite direction.</p>.<p>The relatives of the deceased and the injured, joined by a few locals, got into a heated exchange with the police and in the melee, a few persons assaulted Kolhar SI Anil Kumbar. The agitators set police jeep on fire and damaged three police vehicles, a DAR vehicle, the government and an SUV.</p>.<p>The police, however, brought the situation under control after a while.<br />Superintendent of Police Prakash Nikkam told reporters that he had no information on whether the tumtum driver rammed into the bus while trying to avoid police checking. A thorough investigation will be conducted into the accident, he added.</p>
