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Truck kills traffic official

A traffic police officer was killed as a truck hit a motorcycle carrying him in Rajshahi on Friday around 11am.The incident took place at Charkhutar intersection area adjacent of Court Station.  The deceased is Abdul Hamid, 52, Assistant Sub Inspector of district traffic police.In this connection, Aman Ullah, officer-in-charge of Rajpara Police Station, said, a Chapainawabganj bound bus hit him when he was reaching at Charkhutar intersection area.Later locals recovered him and sent to Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital where the doctors declared him dead.