Two persons died after a tipper truck rammed into a roadside shop near Marshaghai Crossing Chhak in Kendrapada district on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as shopkeeper Balakrushna Jena and the driver of the truck.
According to reports, the driver lost control over the wheels, following which the vehicle rammed into the shop early in the morning, killing Jena, who was sleeping inside the shop. The driver also died under the impact of the collision. Police recovered the bodies and sent them for postmortem.