A couple were killed as a bus collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw at Suhilpur on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway under Sadar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Bishnu Deb, 68, and his wife Anju Rani Das, 60, residents of Paikpara in Sadar upazila.
In-charge of Khatihata Highway Police Hossain Sarkar said the couple were returning home after attending a wedding programme. At that time, a bus of 'Tisha Paribahan' hit their auto-rickshaw killing the duo on the spot.
Police seized the bus but its driver managed to flee the scene, he said, reports UNB.