A traffic police constable was killed after a lorry ran over him in the city's Uttara area early Sunday, said police. The deceased was identified as Kazi Masud, 38, of Bagerhat. He was posted at Traffic Uttara East Zone of Uttara Division. Read:BGB member killed in Bhola road accident The accident occurred around 4am when the speeding lorry hit Masud on the Dhaka-Mymensingh road in Abdullahpur during his night duty, leaving him dead on the spot, said Md Yasin Gazi, inspector (Investigation) of Uttara West police station. The body was sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital morgue for an autopsy, he added.

A traffic police constable was killed after being hit by a microbus at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Sunday morning, police said. The deceased was identified as Md Helal, 50, a constable of Mohammadpur zone of Tejgaon division of the traffic police. He hailed from Kaliakair of Gazipur. Eyewitnesses said the accident took place as the microbus hit Helal while he was on duty in front of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar around 11 am. Also read: Policeman 'killed' in Dhaka road accident Later, he was taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where a duty doctor declared him dead. Md Bachchu Mia, police inspector of DMCH police camp, said the body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy. Also read: 3 dead as van crashes into parked tractor in Cumilla