Mahoba (UP), June 21 -- Two persons were killed and two others were seriously injured in a head-on collision between a van loaded with explosives and a truck in Srinagar area of Mahoba district in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, a police officer said.

Additional Superintendent of Police Vandana Singh said that during the accident that took place between Sijhari and Bara on Kanpur-Sagar National Highway, the explosives van going to Prakash Bamhori of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh collided with a DCM truck coming from the front.

"The collision was so severe that the front part of both the vehicles were badly crushed. The drivers died on the spot after getting stuck in the cabin. While three people including the two cleaners were serious...