I think he was a simple AVID informant who may have thought he had planted a audio/video recording device on behest of AVID and not the virus.

A local news outlet states that he was an 'avid motorcycle rider' meaning he was an expert at riding motorcycles. Such a rider has low chances of getting into an accident than average.

Or the accident was a mere coincidence.

https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/engineer-who-helped-buil...