Two bike riders killed

Two persons traveling on a

motorcycle were killed after being hit by a passenger bus in on Maharajganj Road in Aurangabad district of Bihar today, a police official said.

"The motorcycle riders were residents of Patha village in the district. They were going to Nabinagar, when a passenger bus of Magadh Travels hit them from the front," he said.

The local villagers rushed the duo to hospital, where the doctors declared them brought dead. The police has seized the bus, while its driver managed to escape.