Motorcyclist responsible for accident with US Embassy car: police

Motorcycle rider booked for rash driving; US diplomat released after brief stay at police station


Arsalan Altaf April 30, 2018
Motorcycle rider booked for rash driving; US diplomat released after brief stay at police station. PHOTO: EXPRESS

ISLAMABAD: Police have held the motorcyclist responsible for the road accident involving a US Embassy car on the Constitution Avenue on Sunday night, in which both men on the bike were injured while the US diplomat was held briefly by the police.

Motorcyclist, identified as Nazakat Aslam Awan and his pillion Muhammad Waseem were coming from Aga Khan Road while the US Embassy car, driven by Second Secretary Chad Rex Ausburn was coming on the Constitution Avenue towards Margalla Road when the two vehicles met an accident at the intersection of the two roads near Pak Secretariat complex at around 9:40pm last night.

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A traffic police officer deputed nearby later recorded his statement saying the motorcycle rider’s apparent speed and negligence was the reason behind the accident.

Police say the motorcyclist did not stop at the crossing [to give way to the vehicles on his right] and have thus held him responsible for the mishap. Secretariat police have also registered a criminal case of rash driving against the motorcyclist.

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Meanwhile, the US diplomat who was initially shifted to the Secretariat police station for legal formalities was released after recording his statement.

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However, the police arrested the US Embassy’s chief security officer Syed Taimur Iqbal, who the police said confronted the officers and obstructed them in discharging their duty. “He was not letting us shift the vehicle and its driver to the police station,” the FIR registered against Iqbal read.

However, Iqbal was released on bail by a magistrate on Monday.

The incident comes only weeks after a US diplomat hit and killed a motorcyclist and injured another through rash driving in the federal capital.

COMMENTS (4)

naeem zubair | 5 years ago | Reply A video on UTube shows how the American Police behave with the foreign diplomat people when they make a small road side mistake A Saudi diplomat parked his car at a wrong place in NY, police came, ticketed him, he moved his car few seconds before the process was over. Police dragged him out his car, threw him on ground by four to five police officers and handcuffed him No one said it was wrong done by law enforcement people. In Pakistan American kills citizens on road and then refuse to cooperate with police and some YES man of my country come forward and stand in Americans favour by talking about mistakes Pakistani Society have. Feel Sorry on this mentality..
waqar Khalid | 5 years ago | Reply A survey in Lahore showed over 70 percent motorcyclists had never had a license and over 45% were underage, as low as 12 and carrying families! They are the biggest hazard on the roads and are so incurable that even the obsessive CM Punjab has simply given up on them Its much easier to build roads as devils playgrounds
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