A man and his wife were killed as bus hit them at Kaliakoir bypass under Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur early Monday.
The deceased are Asif Mahmud, of Boroitoli village under Kaliakair upazila and his wife Tanjim.
According to police and locals, a Tangail-bound Paribahan bus namely 鈥楳ahi Special鈥� hit Asif and his wife Tanjim while they were crossing Dhaka-Tangail highway at Kaliakoir bypass.
The accident left them critically injured.
They died on their way to Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar.
Police recovered the bodies and sent them to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, said Shahadat Hossain, officer-in-charge of Naojor Highway Police Station.
The bus was seized but the driver managed to flee, said the OC.