Two persons were killed and another was seriously injured when a truck hit a pickup van from behind near Nenkadaghara under the Keonjhar Town police limits late on Wednesday night.
According to reports, two pickup vans carrying vegetables from Jajpur to Ranchi developed technical snags, following which the drivers of the two vehicles parked the vans on roadside for repairing.
Around 1.30 am, the speeding truck rammed into one of the pickup vans killing two on the spot. The injured one was admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital. Police have started investigation into the incident.
