New Delhi, May 30 (PTI) Two people travelling on a scooty died when a tree fell on them in the Alipur area here during a storm, police said on Thursday.

The incident occurred near Hiranki Yamuna Pusta on Wednesday.

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Pushpendra Rawat (23), a resident of Keshav Nagar, and his friend Vijay (24), a resident of Azadpur, were returning home on the scooty after taking a bath at a tubewell in a field when a eucalyptus tree fell on them during a storm, leaving them critically injured. They were rushed to a hospital in Burari where doctors declared them dead, a police officer said.

The bodies were handed over to the families of the deceased after post-mortem examination, the officer said.

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Forest department officials were informed about the incident and they removed the tree from the road, police said.

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