Kalyansinghpur: Two persons were killed on the spot today as a motorcycle hit a man while he was standing on the roadside near Krishnanagar locality under Kalyansinghpur police limits on Rayagada main road in this district.

One of the deceased was identified as Jogesh Miniaka, who belonged to the Talasaja village of Sikarpai panchayat in the district. Identity of the second deceased has not been ascertained yet.

According to a source, wooden planks were being unloaded from a tractor and the vehicle owner was standing beside it when the fatal road mishap occurred at around 7.30 PM.

A motorcycle coming from the front hit the tractor owner leading to his death. The motorcycle rider was an employee of railways and was on his way from Sikarpai to a camp office in Jhola village.

On being informed, Kalyansinghpur police reached the spot, and seized the bodies and sent them to a nearby hospital for post-mortem.

Police have registered a case in this connection and initiated a probe into the deaths.