Two labourers were killed and five others sustained injuries as a pickup van carrying them skidded off the road and overturned near Gudupahi in the Chandipur area of Baleswar district on Thursday.
The mishap took place at around 10 am when the victims on board the pickup van were heading towards Baleswar after finishing their work at a prawn farm in Chandipur.
The driver of the ill-fated vehicle lost control over the wheels, following which it turned turtle killing two of the labourers on the spot and leaving five others injured.
The deceased were identified as Gobinda Hansda (28) and Nal Murmu (27).
The injured Basu Hansda, Ramu Marandi, Jitu Singh, Masada Hansda and Sheikh Akhtar were rescued by locals and admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital.