Two motorcyclists killed in Faridpur road crash

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Two motorcyclists were killed on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gajaria area of Nagarkanda in Faridpur as their motorcycles were hit by a bus on Friday night, reports UNB.

Sabit Hossain, 17, of Satkhira's Shamnagar and Sourav Hossain, 16, of Norail's Lohagora died in the bike crash occurred around 8:00pm, said Bhanga highway police officer-in-charge (OC) Jahangir Arif.

He said the accident occurred when the Dhaka-bound bus of Hamim Poribanhan 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 physicians declared him dead, the OC said.