Cop killed in road mishap

A team of armed patrol police headed by Joynal Abedin was on duty on the highway from Shahbajpur bridge to Budumty bus station in Sadar upazila, according to police.

At one stage Joynal got down from the police pick-up van at the spot when a speeding truck heading towards Sylhet knocked him down and crushed under its wheels.

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He died at Brahmanbaria hospital.

The body was sent to his native village at Chauddagram in Comilla after Namaj-e-Janaza at Brahmanbaria police line.

However, the truck driver and helper managed to escape.