Two persons died when a tipper hit a motorbike they were riding on at Adarsha Chok in Suryabinayak Municipality, Bhaktapur on Wednesday.

The identities of the deceased are yet to be established.

Critically injured in the incident, they breathed their last during the course of treatment at the Bhaktapur Hospital at around 3 am today, police said.

The tipper (Ba 4 Kha 5298) heading towards Jagadi hit the motorbike (Ba 89 Pa 7876) coming from the opposite direction last night.

Police said that they have impounded the tipper and arrested its driver for investigation.