Kendrapara: In a tragic incident, two persons died and three others seriously injured when a pick-up van hit them from the back in Kendrapara’s Duhuria on the Cuttack–Chandbali highway. The injured have been shifted to hospital for treatment. The incident occurred when a group of people were returning to their village after completing the Dola melana program. The three persons died include Dibyajyoti Das of Banahara village and Somanath Sahoo of Badagaon village.