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A US and a Filipino soldier jointly patrol Jolo town in southern Philippines. (Library File - Mindanao Examiner Photo)
A US military official deployed in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines figured in a road accident after his vehicle hit a private van driven by a Filipino man, police said Sunday.
Police said Lt. Col. Abraham Friedman hit the van when he tried to overtake the vehicle outside the Western Mindanao Command headquarters on October 31.
The van’s driver Arnel Cañete, 48, was not hurt in the accident and police said Friedman agreed to pay all damages on the Filipino vehicle.
Police did not say what unit Friedman belongs, but US troops deployed in Zamboanga City are under the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines which is helping local military fight the Abu Sayyaf since 2001.
http://www.mindanaoexaminer.net/2014/11/us-military-man-figures-in-road.html
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