Two women labourers were killed and seven others sustained critical injuries when a pickup van carrying them overturned at Sojanagarh under the Nilgiri police station in the district on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Gurubari Singh and Namita Singh of Muduguda Sahi.
The driver of the vehicle lost control over the wheels following which it overturned.
A concrete mixer machine was also being carried in the pick-up van, which led to imbalance in the vehicle’s movement, sources said.
The injured were rushed to the Nilgiri Government hospital.