A Government Railway Police (GRP) sub-inspector was killed when the motorcycle he was riding on was hit by a speeding truck on Panki-Bhaunti National Highway here, police said.
Kunwar Bahadur Singh Patel (34), a resident of Allahabad, was going to his home in Ramadevi area from Bhimsen Railway Station last evening when the accident occurred on the highway, a police official said.
Patel had been transferred 10 days back from Uri to Bhimsen Railway Station after promotion, he said.
The victim was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead, the official said, adding the driver sped away with the truck.
He is survived by a daughter and his wife.
Police said the body has been sent for postmortem and the case in under investigation.
