Two motorcyclists were killed when a vehicle hit their motorbike on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway near Kanchpur Bridge early Sunday, said police.
The deceased were identified as Srabon Reza, 18, son of Selim Reza and Amir Hamza, 18, son of Abdur Rashid Bhuiya of Siddhirganj area.
AKM Sharfuddin, in-charge of Shimrail Police Station said the accident occurred in the dead of night when an unknown vehicle hit the motorbike carrying two people, leaving them injured.
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Later, they were taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital and a private hospital in Dhaka where they succumbed to their injuries early Sunday.
Police are trying to identify the driver of the vehicles, said Nabir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kanchpur Highway Police Station.
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