Two bikes collide head-on on Haldwani's Rampur Road: youth from Rudrapur's Rampura and a village development officer killed, two injured in hospital

Two people were killed and two seriously injured when two motorcycles collided head-on in the Tanda forest on Haldwani's Rampur Road late on Monday evening. According to ETV Bharat, the crash happened about 200 metres before the S-bend. Those killed were a 28-year-old from Rampura in Rudrapur and a 30-year-old from Kaladhungi who was a village development officer in Nainital district's Betalghat block. The Rudrapur youth had come to Haldwani with a relative to deliver a wedding card and was on his way back; the officer was riding towards Haldwani from Rudrapur with a companion. The two injured, said to be aged 32 and 50, are being treated at Sushila Tiwari Hospital. Doctors said the condition of the 32-year-old is critical. According to Haldwani Kotwali SHO Vijay Mehta, initial information suggests the crash may have happened while overtaking; the actual cause will be clear after an investigation.