Two persons were killed after being run over by a speeding car near Sanaghati in Khallikote of Ganjam district early on Tuesday morning.
The deceased were identified as Pandav Pradhan (55) and Kalia Behera (40) of Bikrampur village in Khallikote. According to sources, the duo was waiting for a bus at National Highway-16 near Sanaghati area when the driver of the car lost control over the wheels and ran over them. The victims were rushed to a hospital in Khallikote where doctors declared them brought dead.
Though the driver of the vehicle fled from the spot, police seized the vehicle and launched a probe into the incident. The bodies have been sent for postmortem, said a police official.