Sundargarh: Two people were killed in a fatal triple truck collision near a petrol pump on state highway in Sundargarh district early in the morning today.

According to reports, two trucks loaded with cement and iron rod rammed into back of a stationary truck one after another in front of a petrol pump. While one truck driver died on the spot, another one succumbed to injuries at a hospital.

Two others injured in the incident were admitted to Sundargarh Hospital in critical condition.

Police seized three trucks and sent the bodies for post-mortem.