A youth and his wife were killed as a bus hit them in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur early Monday.
The deceased were identified as Asif Mahmud, 26, son of Mozammel Haque, hailed from Boroitoli Village under Kaliakair upazila, and his wife Tanjim, 21.
According to police and locals, a Tangail-bound bus of Mahi Special hit Asif and his wife Tanjim while they were crossing Dhaka-Tangail highway at Kaliakair bypass, leaving them seriously injured.
They were rushed to Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar where doctor declared them dead.
Naojor Highway Police Station officer-in-charge Shahadat Hossain confirmed it. The bus was seized but the driver managed to flee the scene, said the OC.
