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Accident site on the A2 in Brandenburg
Photo: Cevin Dettlaff / dpa
Two Bundeswehr soldiers were killed in an accident on Autobahn 2.
The two men were traveling in a Unimog with a convoy of a total of 27 Bundeswehr vehicles between the Werder motorway triangle and the Lehnin junction (Brandenburg), the police said.
The column had been overtaken by a truck which, for reasons still unknown, had sheared to the right and pushed the Unimog off the lane.
The Unimog hit the hard shoulder in front of the post of a traffic sign, the police said.
The two occupants died at the scene of the accident.
Kramp-Karrenbauer condolences
The truck driver was slightly injured, but could already be questioned.
In addition to regular emergency services, military police officers from the Bundeswehr were also at the scene of the accident.
The Potsdam public prosecutor took over the investigation, the A2 was completely blocked in the direction of Magdeburg.
Federal Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) expressed her condolences to the relatives of the killed soldiers.
"We have two dead soldiers to complain about," she said when visiting the Flotilla 2 in Wilhelmshaven.
"At this point I would like to express my condolences especially to the families of the soldiers who were killed."
fek / dpa / AFP