India, July 16 -- Two people were killed after a canopy and concrete lintel of a closed roadside shop collapsed on them near Chawla Colony in Faridabad's Ballabhgarh on Wednesday, police said.

The victims, Amarjeet (single name), 27, a native of Munger and Santosh (single name), 24, a native of Bhagalpur, in Bihar, were cousins and lived in Jeevan Nagar, Sector-23, Faridabad. The incident took place at 10am, police said.

A senior police officer said the duo were visiting their sister in Sarai in Sector-37. They stopped at the shop for tea and snacks, but found it shut. "They sat on the stairs when the concrete lintel and a heavy canopy suddenly collapsed, trapping them under the debris," he said.

Police said locals pulled them out and ...