The deceased has been identified as Durga Prasad from of Yedapadavu. His friend Harsha, from Car Street, is said to be critical.
The incident occurred when the driver of the trailer truck applied breaks all of a sudden as the RTO officials gave him signal to stop the vehicle immediately.
However, when the RTO officials came to know that their action resulted in a major road accident, they reportedly escaped from the spot.
The officials have been identified as Vishwanath and Ravindra. It is also learnt that they took bribe from the truck driver.
Enraged by the accident, people immediately resorted to blocking the road. They shouted slogans against RTO and demanded stringent action against the officials whose action resulted in the accident.
They also gheraoed RTO Mallikarjun and ACP Subrahmanyam when the visited the spot.
The protest came to an end after the agitators were assured by the RTO of immediate action against the officials.
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