A government officer and a former principal of a college were killed in a road accident at Rajoir upazila in Madaripur on the Dhaka-Barisal highway this afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Pradip Sarker, a deputy assistant agriculture officer of the upazila, and Satindranath Kirtania, former principal at a local college, reports our Madaripur correspondent.

When Pardip and Satindranath were going to Madaripur from Rajoir on a motorcycle, a Dhaka-bound bus of Sakura Paribahan from Barisal hit them around 4:30pm, said Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Rajoir Police Station.

Satindranath died on the spot and Pradip succumbed to his injuries at Rajoir Upazila Health Complex, he added.

The bus has been seized while the driver managed to flee the scene, the OC added.