A man and his wife were killed in the early hours of Monday after a bus hit them in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur.

The accident took place on the Dhaka-Tangail highway under the Kaliakair bypass flyover.

The deceased are Md Asif Mahmud, 25, and his wife, Tanjim Bakshi, 21.

According to police and locals, a Tangail-bound Paribahan bus (Mahi Special) hit Asif and his wife Tanjim while they were crossing the Dhaka-Tangail highway at Kaliakoir Bypass, leaving them seriously injured.

They died on the way to Enam Medical College Hospital in Savar.

Shahadat Hossain, officer-in-charge of Naojor Highway Police Station, said police recovered the bodies and sent them to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. 

The bus was seized but the driver managed to flee the scene, the OC said, adding legal action will be taken in this regard.