The victims have been identified as Sanjiv Pariyar, 28, of Chandrapur Municipality-3 and Ganesh Raut, 50, of Karthai VDC-8, Sindhupalchwok, Area Police Chandranigahapur.

Pariyar succumbed to his injures while receiving medical attention at local Janata Hospital, while Raut breathed his last at 12 am in the night en-route to Bharatpur for further treatment, Police Inspector Rudra Kant Jha said. Both the victims had sustained serious head and abdominal injuries.

The police have taken the mini-truck driver, Charan Bahadur Bal, into custody and the bodies of the victims have been sent to Chandranigahapur hospital for post-mortem.

A preliminary investigation has suspected that the truck hit the pedestrians after it lost control.