ISLAMABAD: A government employee was killed in a road accident on Friday when a US diplomat’s vehicle hit him in the jurisdiction of Secretariat police station. Muhammad Yameen, 50, a peon in the Cabinet Division, was on his way to the office when a speedy vehicle IDM 6613 hit him on the Constitutional Avenue. Yameen, son of Roshan Deen, a resident of Block 106, Sector G-10/3, Islamabad, received critical injuries, however, the driver of US diplomat Mr. Mike, serving as Narcotics Officer at the US Embassy, brought him to Polyclinic Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. When contacted, Spokesman for US Embassy Richard Snelsire said it was a tragic incident. He said when the accident took place Mike took the injured to hospital on humanitarian grounds. “We are cooperating with the local police investigators. We could not say anything as the investigation is under process,” he said. Secretariat police station duty officer told Daily Times that an FIR had been registered against the US diplomat on an application by Muhammad Fahim, son of the deceased. He said investigation was going on and no arrest had been made so far.
