The deceased have been identified as Pradeep Kumar (27) of Puthu Colony and his friend Prabakaran (28) of the same locality in Bodinayakanur, sources said. 

At Mundhal on Bodi-Munnar highway around 11 pm, when the young men were travelling in a bike, they accidentally hit a bullock-cart from behind. 

Friends rushed them to Bodinayakanur GH . But, they failed to respond to treatment and died. Bodi town police filed a case.

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