Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- A young couple has been killed in a motorcycle accident in Dhaka's Uttara, according to police.

The victims were identified as Abdus Rahman Rabbi, 25, and his wife Karima Akter Mim, 20.

The accident occurred around 1:30am on Tuesday in front of the BNS Center.

Rabbi's friend Muntasir Mahmud Manik and his wife, who rushed the couple to the hospital, said they found them in critical condition. The couple was taken to the emergency department at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, or DMCH, around 2:45am, where Mim was declared dead. After initial treatment, Rabbi was transferred to National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation and later to the Neurosciences Hospital.

He was brought back to DMCH around 6:...