Traffic cop knocked down by truck in Maha

A 49-year-old traffic policeconstable was killed when a speeding truck hit him inMaharashtra's Thane district, police said on Wednesday

The victim, Sanjay Patil, was on duty in Ambernathtown on Tuesday when the truck knocked him down around 8.45pm, killing him on the spot, an official at the traffic policeheadquarters here said

The truck driver, identified as Sardarsingh RambahadurSingh (27), was later arrested and booked under Indian PenalCode Section 304-A (causing death by negligence) andprovisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, he said.