Artist Walid Al-Halani's office announced that he was driving his car the previous evening at the entrance of the Saeb Salam tunnel, where the road was dark, when he was surprised by a person crossing the road and the car's side mirror struck him. The statement said Al-Halani stopped immediately, called the Lebanese Red Cross and the security forces, stayed at the scene until the ambulance arrived, then went to the competent police station and placed himself at the disposal of the judiciary, while his lawyer is following up the case.
One coverage focused on the text of Al-Halani's office statement and the sequence of steps he took after the incident, another focused on his personal account of the circumstances, namely the power outage and the attempt to avoid a victim, while a third coverage limited itself to reporting a "first clarification" from the office without details.