Two persons were killed and three others injured on Wednesday when a laterite stone-laden mini truck hit two bike-borne youths at Panchagaon Chhak in the Sundarapada area under the Airfield police limits here. One of the deceased is believed to be a mason and the other a labourer working in a project in the Odisha Engineering College (OEC) on the outskirts of the city. Identities of the duo were yet to be known.
The mini truck, which was coming from Jatni, collided head on with the bike on which the two youths were coming from Sundarapada. The truck driver lost his balance, as a result of which the vehicle overturned and rammed into the market area after hitting the bike thereby injuring three others.
local people reached the spot and took the two seriously injured persons to the Capital Hospital here. After the doctors declared them dead, the bodies were sent for autopsy after police investigation. Irate locals blocked the Sundarapada-Jatni road for hours demanding action against the driver and compensation to the families of the deceased. The Jatni Tehsildar reached the spot to persuade the protesters to lift the blockade.