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A soldier was seriously injured on Friday during a maneuver at the Simplon pass (VS). He had to be helicopter.
The week seems endless for the Swiss army, which had to face several unfortunate events in the space of only a few days. This time, it was in Valais that a recruit was injured.
The accident took place while a self -propelled barrel struck another during a reverse march, the army wrote on Saturday in a statement. A soldier then found himself stuck in a hatch, hurting his head and chest.
The recruit was helicoptered to the hospital by Air Zermatt. An investigation was opened. So this is the last of a series of incidents within the army. Most have occurred in Austria, where a thousand Swiss soldiers carry out a magnitude.
A soldier struck the car of a 19 -year -old woman on Friday when he crossed the road aboard a tank. Two other soldiers were hospitalized on Wednesday after being poisoned by wanting to extinguish a forest fire.
The more serious fact took place on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, when a armored vehicle rolled on a 19 -year -old soldier who was in his sleeping bag. The young man, seriously injured in the legs, had to be operated on. (ATS/VZ)
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A soldier was seriously injured on Friday during a maneuver at the Simplon pass (VS). He had to be helicopter.
The week seems endless for the Swiss army, which had to face several unfortunate events in the space of only a few days. This time, it was in Valais that a recruit was injured.
