Tajik known journalist Galim Faskhutdinov was killed in a traffic accident in Dushanbe.  He was hit by a vehicle in a crosswalk while crossing the road on a green light.

The accident took place yesterday evening at around 6:30 pm near the City Clinic Center # 3 in Dushanbe’s “Perviy Sovetskiy” area. 

Galim Faskhutdinov was crossing the road on a green light when a mini truck Damas driven by resident of the Roudaki district, Bakhtiyor Khalifayev, 24, hit him in the crosswalk.

Faskhutdinov died in a hospital.  He was only 45.   

According to the preliminary data, the driver was going at high speed and failed to brake in time. 

In different years, Galim Faskhutdinov had worked with TV and radio Company MIR, Germany's Deutsche Welle radio and Golos Rossii (The Voice of Russia) radio.