Traffic cop killed in an accident near Sion station

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A Traffic policeman was killed in an accident near Sion station on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Prasad Nagesh More, a former police constable, who was working with the Bandra traffic. The Dadar Railway Police have registered an untimely death case.

According to police sources, More was living with his wife and child at Naigaon police colony. For some reason, he had been living with one of his relatives at Antop Hill for the past month-and-a-half. He used to go to work from there.

More was found injured at some distance in front of the Sion railway station on Tuesday morning. The station master informed the Dadar railway police, who arrived and took More to Sion Hospital. There, doctors pronounced him dead.

Police identified More from a police belt around his waist and a mobile phone. Relatives were informed of his death. Police recorded the statement of More's relative. It was not immediately clear how he died. More had joined the Mumbai police force in 2003.