Two Copperbelt University (CBU) male engineering students have died after a speeding Hilux ploughed into them as they left campus for their boarding house last evening.

The two students have been identified as Thabo Mumbi third year and Bwalya Christian Henscel second year.

CBU Students Union president Castro Mulilo has confirmed the death of his colleagues through a statement.

Mulilo revealed that a third student survived the accident with minor injuries.

The bodies of the deceased were yesterday deposited into the Kitwe teaching hospital mortuary.