MEERUT, Jan. 8 -- Two labourers were killed and two others severely injured after a speeding truck rammed into an e-rickshaw on the Bareilly-Pilibhit highway near Rajshree College in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district amid dense fog on Thursday, police said.

Confirming it, superintendent of police (North), Bareilly, Mukesh Chandra Mishra said: "The truck has been seized and efforts are underway to trace the absconding driver."

The victims were identified as Salim, 35, of Richhola Kifayatullah village and Hashim, 35, of Yaseennagar in Nawabganj area. They died on the spot, police said. Two other occupants of the e-rickshaw, Nasruddin (36) and Rais Ahmad alias Majle (34), suffered serious injuries.

All four were daily wagers and were trav...