A police officer was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Chattogram highway near Bashbaria area of Sitakunda in Chattogram on Sunday morning.

The deceased was identified as Mahbubur Rahman, 46, a sub-inspector of highway police, son of late Tofazzel Rahman from Duburia village of Dakshin Sadar thana of Cumilla district.

A truck hits SI Mahbub when he was trying to remove a crippled covered van in the Bashbaria area, leaving him severely wounded, Alamgir Hossain, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bar Awlia Highway Police Station, said.

Later, he was taken to Chattogram Medial College Hospital (CMCH) where doctors declared him dead, he added.