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Policeman dies in Sitakunda crash
A policeman was killed on Saturday night when hit by a covered van at the busy southern bypass in Sitakunda on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway.
Published : 6 April 2014, 03:50 AM
Updated : 6 April 2014, 03:50 AM
He was busy trying to remove from the bypass a lorry that had broken down.
Sitakunda Police Sub Inspector (PSI) Nasir Uddin, 45, had been tasked with some others to remove the vehicle to smoothen traffic, Highway Police Kumira Sub-post Sergeant Zillur Rahim told bdnews24.com.
Nasir was on probation.
Rahim said Nasir Uddin died on spot when a speeding covered van rammed into him from behind around 11pm.
Police have seized the covered van and the lorry, but both their drivers have managed to escape.
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