A local journalist and his wife were killed in a road accident in Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj this morning.

The deceased were identified as Rafiqul Islam Jinnah, 50, a correspondent of Bogura-based newspaper The Daily Satmatha, and his wife Morsheda Khatun, 45, reports our Pabna correspondent quoting police.

A Raiganj-bound bus from Dhaka hit a rickshaw ban carrying the couple after the three-wheeler skidded off the road, leaving the couple dead on the spot early morning, said Panchanan Sarker, officer-in-charge of Raiganj Police Station.

Law enforcers detained the bus driver and seized the bus, the OC said.