<p>Three students were killed on the spot, while six others were injured, two of them grievously, as a tyre of an SUV in which they were travelling exploded on National Highway-75 at Tigalarapalya on Wednesday afternoon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The victims are Rakshan (23), Ujjwal (24), and Harish (23), all residents of Hoskerehalli in Bengaluru and students of private colleges, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nine students in a Scorpio vehicle had left for their friend’s wedding feast at Nagamangala in Mandya district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The tyre burst when they approached Tigalarapalaya, toppling the vehicle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On being alerted, the police reached the spot and shifted the injured to the hospital. Two of them are being treated at the ICU.</p>
<p>Three students were killed on the spot, while six others were injured, two of them grievously, as a tyre of an SUV in which they were travelling exploded on National Highway-75 at Tigalarapalya on Wednesday afternoon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The victims are Rakshan (23), Ujjwal (24), and Harish (23), all residents of Hoskerehalli in Bengaluru and students of private colleges, the police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nine students in a Scorpio vehicle had left for their friend’s wedding feast at Nagamangala in Mandya district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The tyre burst when they approached Tigalarapalaya, toppling the vehicle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On being alerted, the police reached the spot and shifted the injured to the hospital. Two of them are being treated at the ICU.</p>