2 Soldiers Dead, a Dozen Injured in Crash of Military Vehicle in Alaska

Two U.S. Army soldiers were killed and 12 others were injured when a military transport truck overturned en route to a training exercise in Alaska.

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Two U.S. Army soldiers were killed and 12 others were injured on Oct. 2 when a military transport truck flipped en route to a training exercise in a remote part of Alaska, the U.S. Army Alaska announced.

According to the 11th Airborne Division, a U.S. military unit based in Alaska, the two soldiers who died were among 17 soldiers traveling in a light medium tactical vehicle when the single-vehicle accident took place.