Army: Soldiers’ vehicle went off overpass (Mora & Gray announcement)

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Army: Soldiers’ vehicle went off overpass
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Sep 14, 2007 5:06:24 EDT

The soldiers who were killed and injured Monday in a single-vehicle accident in Baghdad were riding in an armored cargo truck that plunged 50 feet off a highway overpass.

The soldiers, all from 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, were returning to an unidentified operations base after a late-night raid in the northern Baghdad suburb of Shula, according to an Army press release.

Seven soldiers and two detainees were killed in the accident and 11 soldiers and one detainee were injured.

Fifteen U.S. soldiers were in an armored troop carrier on the back of the 2.5-ton light medium tactical vehicle and three people were riding in the cab. The soldiers had detained three suspects in the raid and were transporting them back to the base.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

Two of the injured soldiers have been returned to duty and a third is expected to return within a week. The rest of the injured were evacuated to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.


Rest of article: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/09/army_7deadID_070913/


uhc comment: This is how two (Sgt. Omar Mora & Staff Sgt. Yance Gray) of the seven soldiers who had written a New York Times opinion column that questioned the role of the U.S. in Iraq died.