NEW DELHI, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Irate residents in India's eastern state of West Bengal on Saturday torched three buses and resorted to vandalism after one of the buses ran over two college students, police said.

The buses were burnt at Chingrighata crossing on Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in Kolkata city, the capital of West Bengal.

Reports said a bus jumped a traffic signal in the locality and killed two youths. The killing of students enraged residents who went on rampage and clashed with police, throwing stones on them.

Police used teargas to disperse the protesting residents who also vandalised police vehicles.

"We have arrested the driver of the bus and ordered an investigation into the accident," a senior police official said.

Deadly road accidents are common in India, often caused by overloading, bad condition of roads and reckless driving.