Sunday, January 22, 2017

U.S. Military Truck Crash In Poland Injures 2 US Soldiers, Spills Tank Ammo

A U.S. Army transport truck (pictured) slid off a snowy road in Poland on Saturday, spilling tank ammunition and injuring two soldiers

Daily Mail: Army truck slides off the road in Poland, spilling tank ammunition and injuring two U.S. soldiers

* Transport truck carrying M-1 Abrams tank ammunition slid off road on Saturday
* Investigation says truck was traveling too fast on snowy road after dark
* Two soldiers were injured, with one hospitalized after the crash
* Armored brigade present as part of first continuous U.S. deployment to Poland since the fall of communism; Kremlin has strongly criticized the troop presence

An Army transport truck carrying tank ammunition skidded off a snowy road in Poland on Saturday, injuring two U.S. soldiers.

A preliminary investigation indicated that the truck was traveling too fast for the winter road conditions, and the driver lost control and slid off the road, according to a Polish Defense Ministry communique.

Some of the M-1 ammunition for M-1 Abrams tanks the truck was hauling spilled onto the road leading to Zagan, where several hundred U.S. troops and equipment for an American armored brigade are based.

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Update: US military truck overturns on Polish road, spills tank shells (RT)

WNU Editor: Traveling fast on an icy winter road .... a perfect recipe for an accident.

2 comments:

War News Updates Editor said...

Jay. I have a friend who lives in Winnipeg. They make Siberia look like Hawaii during winter.

Jay Farquharson said...

http://m.imgur.com/gallery/nNmHT3o