Two persons of a marriage party were killed and 13 others sustained critical injuries in a road mishap in Subarnapur district late on Sunday night.
Sources said the marriage party members were returning in a van to Bargarh from Sonepur after attending the function when their vehicle rammed into a tree near Badakarle village under the Rampur police station in the district.
Reports said, the driver of the ill-fated van lost control and collided into a roadside tree.
Two persons identified as Biranchi Mallick (60) and Jitendra Bag (25) of Bargarh district died on the spot.
All the rest injured in the accident were rescued from the site with help of locals and police and shifted to the Dunguripali Community Health Centre (CHC) immediately. Condition of some of them is stated to be critical.
The Rampur police are investigating into the incident.