BEIRUT: Popular Lebanese actor Issam Breidy was killed overnight in a car crash when his vehicle overturned near the Dora area outside Beirut, media reports said Sunday.
The state-run National News Agency and several of Lebanon’s TV channels and news sites reported that the 35-year-old Breidy was the victim in a car crash on the Dora Bridge.
Breidy, who hailed from the town of Faitroun north of Beirut, was reportedly driving on the bridge toward the Nahr al-Mot area when his black Lexus hit the concrete barriers and overturned.
The Traffic Management Center reported that a citizen was killed in the accident without specifying his identity.
Pictures shared on social media showed the damaged car resting on its right side. According to the lighting, the accident most likely occurred around dawn.
The actor was popular in the drama and comedy scene in Lebanon and appeared in a number of movies, series and theater plays.
He also studied oriental music at the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music and participated in 2001 edition of Studio al-Fan.
Before the accident, Breidy was reportedly preforming with his band in Compass Lounge in Beirut's Hamra area.
Issam was the brother of TV host Wissam Breidy.
The accident was one of several that occurred overnight in and around Beirut, as Lebanon witnessed winter-like weather over the weekend.
NNA also reported Sunday that a 21-year-old man identified as Charbel Z. was killed and his companion Carla Q. was injured in a traffic accident on the Zouk Mosbeh Highway overnight.
The man's car hit a black Range Rover driven by Rony Q., 34, who fled in an unknown direction after the crash, NNA said.
Police rushed to the scene and sent officers to pursue the Range Rover, the report added.
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