Two friends, who were travelling by a motorcycle, were killed in a road accident near Markona under the Simulia police station in the district on Saturday night.
The deceased were identified as Sani Biswakarma and Jagannath Singh. Both were Plus Two students and residing in the same locality.
The duo was returning home by the two-wheeler after watching a cultural programme during which they fell off the motorbike and died on the spot.
On being informed, police reached the spot and sent the bodies for postmortem.