NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — A Mauritanian was killed in an accident involving a member of the mission personnel of the U.S. Embassy, officials said Saturday.

A police commissioner involved in the investigation said that an officer with the U.S. military slowed down his Toyota 4×4 pickup when he saw a man trying to cross the street in eastern Nouakchott. But the man then came in the front of the vehicle and was hit and killed, he said, adding that this type of accident occurs frequently in the city. Police were investigating, but could not establish deliberate intent, he said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not permitted to speak to the press.

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