Two dead as bus hits motorcycle in Sirajganj

Two persons were killed as a bus hit their motorbike in the Boalia area of the Dhaka-Pabna highway in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj this morning.
The deceased were identified as Shariful Islam, 25, of Matikata village in the upazila, and Naimur Rahman, 22, of Ratankandi village in Shahjadpur upazila.
Md Abdur Rouf, officer-in-charge of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station, said the Dhaka-bound bus hit the bike around 9:00am, leaving the two riders dead on the spot.
Police and fire fighters rushed the spot and recovered body of the victims.
The bus driver managed to flee from the scene. But police are trying to arrest him, the OC said.