Nine Canadian Soldiers Hurt During Training Accident In New Brunswick

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 14 Sep, 2016 12:48 PM

FREDERICTON — Nine Canadian soldiers have been injured in a training accident at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown in New Brunswick.

Five soldiers with minor injuries were being treated on the base Wednesday, while four others were taken to hospital in Fredericton with serious injuries.

Base Public Affairs Officer Capt. Evelyn Lemire said all the soldiers are members of The Second Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment.

She said they were doing routine training when the light armoured vehicle they were travelling in hit an embankment around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the training area of the sprawling base.

Lemire said she could not release any medical or personal information about the injured soldiers.

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