Balrampur (UP), Mar 11 (PTI) Two persons were killed and as many seriously injured in a collision between two motorcycles, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place on Friday on the Tulsipur- Balrampur national highway, they said.

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Annu Kashyap (28) and his friend Rohit were going to Tulsipur on a motorcycle when another motorcycle coming from opposite direction hit them, police said, adding Kashyap and Pramod Kumar (30), riding another motorcycle, died on the spot.

Rohit and Kumar's mother-in-law, who were riding pillion, were critically injured and admitted to a community health centre in Tulsipur, police said.

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Police officer Radha Raman Singh said the dead bodies have been sent for postmortem and further legal action is underway.

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