FARIDPUR: Two motorcyclists were killed as a passenger bus rammed them in Dhuldi Bazar area under Sadar upazila of the district on Monday afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Moshiur Rahman Roman, 25, and his cousin Mohammad Joni, 26, residents of the district town.

A passenger bus knocked crushed into a motorbike carrying the cousin brothers in the area around 3:00pm, leaving them dead on spot.

The bodies were sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy.

Police seized the bus but its driver managed to flee the scene immediately after the accident.

Faridpur Traffic Police Sergeant Tuhin Laskar confirmed the matter to banglanews.

BDST: 1932 HRS, DEC 22, 2014