SYDNEY, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Two teenage boys have died after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a bus in western Sydney on Monday night.
The police force in the state of New South Wales (NSW) said that emergency services were called to reports of a collision on a transitway reserved for buses and emergency vehicles in Sydney's outer western suburbs at around 7:10 p.m. local time on Monday.
Officers arrived at the scene and found that an off-road motorcycle had collided with the side of a commuter bus and become trapped underneath the vehicle.
The rider and passenger of the motorcycle, boys aged 15 and 14, were treated by ambulance paramedics but died at the scene.
The local mayor for the region, Frank Carbone, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the incident was a terrible tragedy.
"We can only imagine what the parents are going through and to have lost such young lives, it's a tragedy for our community," he said.
In a statement posted on social media, Carbone called for the NSW parliament to take action against illegal e-bikes and motorcycles that have "taken over" the restricted transitway.
The NSW Police Force said that an investigation into the collision has commenced. ■
