Warsaw, May 28, (dpa/GNA) – Eight US soldiers have been injured, one seriously, in an accident involving a US military truck in Poland. The accident occurred not far from the military training ground in Drawsko Pomorskie in the west of the country, a spokesman for the Polish military police told the radio station Rmf.fm on Thursday.
“The soldiers were on their way to a training exercise. They were sitting in the back of the lorry on benches. The vehicle’s right-hand wheel grazed the roadside, and it tipped onto its side.” The most likely cause of the accident is believed to be driver inattention.
The seriously injured US soldier was airlifted by rescue helicopter to a hospital in Gryfice. Six others were taken to hospital by ambulance.
According to reports, one injured soldier refused treatment. As of the middle of this month, around 7,400 soldiers were stationed in Poland, according to US military sources. Most of them rotate regularly between various US military bases in Europe.
GNA