A woman sarpanch was killed and her niece seriously injured as a private school bus hit their motorcycle on Wednesday, police said.The deceased has been identified as Nikita, the sarpanch of Basti Bohra village under the Tanda block, and Sonakshi has been admitted to the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Tanda.Police said the accident occurred around 3 pm near a brick kiln at Jalalpur village when Nikita was travelling on a motorcycle with her husband, Sukhwinder Singh, and her niece.Nikita and Sonakshi sustained serious injuries, while Sukhwinder suffered minor injuries. The injured were taken to the CHC in Tanda, where doctors declared Nikita brought dead, police said.Police said there were no schoolchildren in the bus at the time of the incident.Police said further investigation is under way.