Two persons died while another was seriously injured following a road accident near Jagtara,15 km away from the district headquarters. According to the police, the accident took place when a pick-up van carrying vegetables collided with a truck coming from the opposite side. Two persons on the pick-up van died on the spot and one person sustained serious injuries. Two vegetable merchants Rajesh Panjwan and Vijay Vishwas, residents of Amarkot, Odisha were on their way to Dhamtari. Just 15 km away from the Dhamtari, the pick-up van collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction and the driver and one Vijay died on the spot while Rajesh was rushed to district hospital with serious injuries.The doctors referred Rajesh to Raipur for advanced emergency medical care due to his critical condition. The front portion of the pick up van was mangled and the police had to use cutters to take out their bodies. The other day in the nearby locality a passenger bus also met with an accident in which one passenger died and 10 others were injured.