Two persons were killed and seven others injured when a pickup van which they were travelling in collided with a truck on Sitapur-Leharpur road here, police said.
The incident took place this morning after the driver of the van with 10 passengers onboard lost control over the vehicle and rammed into a speeding truck coming from the opposite side, killing two of its passengers on the spot.
One of the deceased was identified as Islam-ud-Din (40) of Leharpur while efforts were on to identify the other, Taalgaon Station Officer, S K Singh said.
The injured were admitted to district hospital and bodies of the deceased have been sent for post-mortem, Singh said.
