US Soldier Dead After Truck Hit His Military Vehicle on German Highway

Members of the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team fire a Javelin missile from a Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle during a live-fire training exercise in Fort Carson, Colo., on April 28, 2022. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images

BERLIN—A U.S. soldier died when a truck hit his Stryker armored vehicle on a highway in southern Germany, the U.S. military said Wednesday.

U.S. Army Europe said in a statement that the accident happened on Tuesday near Tirschenreuth in Bavaria. It said that the civilian semi-truck hit the Stryker as it merged onto the A93 highway.