Two youths, riding a motorbike, were killed in a collision involving their bike and a tractor trolley at Srinivas Colony in Palvancha town shortly after Sunday midnight.
The deceased were identified as Shiva Kumar, 25, and Surender Reddy, 30, workers of a Palvancha-based liquor outlet, police said. Both hailed from Mulakalapalli mandal in the district.
The duo were returning home on a motorbike after closing the shop late in the night when a speeding tractor rammed their bike near a roadside temple at Srinivas Colony on Palvancha-Dammapeta main road. They suffered critical injuries and died while being shifted to a local hospital by some passersby, sources added.
The Palvancha town police have registered a case and launched a detailed investigation.