Two persons died when a motorcycle by which they were travelling fell off a bridge into a drain at Dimirikuda in the Rairakhol area of Sambalpur district late on Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Ramachandra Pradhan and Abhijeet Panigrahi of the locality.According to reports, the duo was returning home when the motorcycle rammed into the parapet of the bridge. The motorcycle and the two fell into the drain.
Locals spotted bodies of the two persons floating in drain on Thursday morning and informed police. The family members of deceased reached spot and identified bodies, following which police sent them for postmortem.