Four persons died and two others were injured in three road accidents in Malda and Jalpaiguri districts in the past 24 hours.

In Malda, a cyclist and a driver died on Sunday night after the latter lost control of the vehicle headed to Malda from Habibpur. Police said the car overturned following the collision, killing cyclist Premchand Mandal, 35, and driver Mithun Mandal, 22.

Manoj Mallik, the lone occupant in the car, was injured.

In Jalpaiguri, a motorcycle carrying three youths from Meenglass tea estate of Malbazar collided into a dump truck parked on the road on Sunday night. The trio was heading Odlabari to attend a wedding. Police said Bablu Oraon, 24, and Krishna Munda, 32, died on the spot. Milan Munda, the third youth, has suffered injuries and is under treatment and the NBMCH.

In another incident, a bus rammed into a police vehicle at Kodubari of Gazole police station on Monday morning, injuring a civic volunteer.