Two students died in a road accident at Miksimil on Khulna-Dumuria road in Dumuria upazila of Khulna district on Saturday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Mostakim Morol, 20, and Wasim Mondal, 20, reports UNB. Two others were also injured in the accident.
Local Rudrakhora UP chairman Mostafa Kamal said the accident took place when a motorbike ridden by four friends hit a roadside tree in the area at around 2:00 pm, leaving all of them injured.
Later, locals rushed them to Khulna Medical College Hospital where two of the injured succumbed to their injuries around 1:30 am on Sunday.
The four youths, who have passed HSC this year, were returning home from Khulna city after submitting application forms for admission into honours first year, he added.
Dumuria Police Station officer-in-charge Habib Hossain said he was informed about the pathetic road accident.
