Two 20-year-olds were crushed to death by a speeding garbage pickup truck in the wee hours of Tuesday. The youths, who were on a two-wheeler, were heading home at Nalasopara East when they were hit by the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation's truck. The driver, who sped away, is at large, said the police.

The Tulinj police identified the deceased as Nitesh Kumar Duvedi and Abhishek Hariet Singh. They had gone to meet their friends in the afternoon and were returning home when they were killed in the accident very close to Duvedi's residence near Achole road. Both died on the spot, said the police.