Two persons were killed and four others injured in two separate road accidents in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar late on Tuesday night.
The driver of a pickup van lost his balance and the vehicle hit a stationary trailer at Manguli Square near Choudwar near Cuttack. As a result, two persons from Baleswar who were travelling in the vehicle died on the spot and another sustained critical injuries. However, the driver escaped unhurt.
In the other incident, three staffs of a PCR were injured when a truck hit the vehicle near the Saheed Nagar police station over bridge in Bhubaneswar. The truck driver fled from the spot. Police seized the truck. An investigation into the incident was underway.