An assistant sub- inspector (ASI) of police was killed as a speeding truck hit his motorcycle on the Rangpur-Bogura highway at Baldipakur in Mithapakur upazila of Rangpur on Saturday noon.
The deceased was identified as Jitendra Nath, an assistant sub-inspector of Shibganj police circle in Bogra district and son of Chandra Singh of Nilphamari, reports
Officer-in-Charge of Mithapukur Police Station Abu Zafar Biswas said the accident took place as the speeding truck hit Jitendra's motorcycle and ran him over, leaving him dead on the spot around 2pm.
On information, police recovered his body and sent it a local hospital for autopsy, the OC added.