Lebanese singer Al-Walid Al-Hallani detained after fatal car accident in Beirut

Lebanese singer Al-Walid Al-Hallani was in police custody on Wednesday after his car struck and killed a 50-year-old Palestinian refugee on a road in Beirut the previous evening.

In a statement outlining the 26-year-old singer’s account of the incident, his office said he was driving in an area with no street lighting, close to the entrance to the Saeb Salam tunnel, when he was suddenly confronted by a pedestrian in the road. He attempted to avoid the man but the side mirror of his vehicle hit him, it continued.

The singer immediately stopped and called the Lebanese Red Cross requesting medical assistance, and remained at the scene until emergency services arrived to help the victim.