Ranchi, Dec 20 (Inditop.com) Three policemen died and nine others were injured Sunday after the mini-bus they were travelling in collided with a truck in Giridih district of Jharkhand, authorities said.

“Twelve cops were returning in a mini-bus to Giridih district from Garwah after doing duty in the fifth and final phase of assembly polls. The mini-bus collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction near Bagodar of Giridih district Sunday morning,” a police officer told Inditop.

All the policemen were posted in Giridih district and they had been sent to Garwah for election duty Friday.

In the accident, three assistant sub-inspector rank police officers were killed.

Nine cops were injured and have been admitted to a local hospital where the condition of three is said to be serious.

Bagodar is around 160 km from Ranchi.