Serious accident at the Bundeswehr Gardelegen training ground in Saxony-Anhalt.
When two tanks collide, at least twelve soldiers are injured.
Munster – A serious accident occurred on Wednesday at the Bundeswehr Gardelegen military training area in Saxony-Anhalt.
At least twelve people were injured.
This emerges from a
Spiegel
report.
Accordingly, two Puma tanks had collided.
The exact course of the accident is not yet clear.
A Bundeswehr soldier was seriously injured in the accident in the back.
He had to be taken to a hospital in a rescue helicopter.
Several soldiers suffered broken arms.
Gardelegen is a central army training center for handling infantry fighting vehicles.
The soldiers belong to a unit from Munster in Lower Saxony, as a Bundeswehr spokesman confirmed.
Serious tank accident in Saxony-Anhalt: Boris Pistorius "severely affected"
Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) spoke of a terrible accident that made him "seriously affected", quoted
Der Spiegel
as saying .
He wished the injured comrades a speedy recovery and announced an investigation into the accident.
In his statement, Pistorius even spoke of eleven injuries.
Transparency note: An earlier version of the article stated that the accident happened at the military training area in Munster (Lower Saxony). In fact, the tanks collided at the Gardelegen training ground in Saxony-Anhalt. In addition, only one soldier was seriously injured. We apologize for this error.
