Two motorcyclists were killed in the Gajaria area of Faridpur’s Nagarkanda upazila on the Dhaka-Khulna highway as their motorcycle was hit by a bus on Friday night.
Sabit Hossain, 17, of Satkhira’s Shyamnagar upazila and Sourav Hossain, 16, of Norail’s Lohagora upazila died in the bike crash that occurred around 8pm, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Jahangir Arif of Bhanga highway police station.
He said the accident occurred when the Dhaka-bound bus of “Hamim Paribahan” from Khulna hit the Satkhira-bound motorcycle.
One of the motorcyclists, Sabit, died on the spot. Sourav was taken to Gopalganj's Muksudpur Upazila Health Complex in a critical condition where doctors declared him dead, the OC said.