PATNA, Dec. 9 -- Three persons were killed and seven others injured as their auto-rickshaw collided head-on with a bus in Bihar's Vaishali district in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said. The accident happened near Dhanushi village on the Lalganj-Hajipur Road, they said.

"All injured have been taken to the nearest government hospital. We are trying to ascertain the identity of the injured persons," Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Mahnar Gopal Mandal said. The deceased were identified as Rajgir Kumar, Shambhu Shah and Mohammad Dilsher, he said.

After the incident, people went on a rampage, blocked roads and pelted stones on the bus.

The impact of the collision had left the e-rickshaw completely damaged, and passersby said some o...