Four persons were killed when a speeding goods truck rammed into a van parked along the Chandrakona-Midnapore state highway near Koanpur village in West Midnapore late on Friday.

The deceased have been identified as Sentu Ghosh, 55, Joydeb Sen, 45, Jiten Pujari, 35 and Karthik Nayak, 55.

Two critically injured persons were admitted to Midnapore Medical College and Hospital. “They are still critical,” said a doctor on Saturday.

Sources said around 11pm on Friday, six persons from nearby Koanpur village were sitting and chatting near the parked Maruti van when the truck skidded off the road and rammed into the vehicle. The stationary vehicle moved forward and hit the six persons, four of whom were later thrown into the way of the speeding truck that fled, said an eyewitness, Anirban Das.

Sen and Ghosh died on the spot while Pujari died early on Saturday at Chandrakona Hospital. Nayak succumbed en route to Calcutta on Saturday. The police tracked down the truck and arrested the driver on Saturday.