Two persons were killed and six others seriously injured when a vehicle returning from a wedding ceremony hit a roadside tree in the Daspalla area of Nayagarh district early on Friday morning.
While one deceased was identified as Priyaranjan Karm (27) of Sarsara village in Boudh district, the identity of the other was yet to be known.
The injured persons were rushed to the local Community Health Centre, from where they were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital here after their conditions deteriorated.
The accident took place at Sunagaja Chhak in the Daspalla area at around 4 am.
According to reports, eight persons in the vehicle Mahindra Quanto had travelled from Raghunathpur in Boudh district to Narasinghpur in Cuttack district to attend the wedding ceremony.