At least two persons were killed on the spot and two others sustained grievous injuries when two speeding trucks collided head on near Taraboda village on NH-353 under the Komna police station in Nuapada district in the wee hours of Sunday.
The mishap took place at around 2 am. Identities of the two deceased and two injured persons were not ascertained yet.
Being informed, the Komna police reached the spot and rescued the injured. Later, the injured were sent to the District Headquarters Hospital.
One of the trucks was on its way from Rajkhariar to Nuapada and the other vehicle was coming from the opposite direction.
Police registered a case in this connection and launched a probe.
The bodies of the deceased were sent for postmortem.