INDEPTH: AFGHANISTAN
Dec. 12, 2005 accident
CBC News Online | May 18, 2006
Dec. 12, 2005 accident
A group of soldiers were patrolling in “G Wagon” (Gelaendenwagen) vehicles near the town of Maywand, about 90 kilometres west of Kandahar, when a roadside bomb detonated close to one vehicle. The incident occurred around 11 a.m. local time (1:30 a.m. ET), on Dec. 12, 2005. Other soldiers in the patrol established a security cordon around their vehicles and the Provincial Reconstruction Team they were escorting.
Capt. Manuel Panchana-Moya, 26, of Montreal and Pte. Ryan Crawford, 21, of Kelowna, B.C., are based in Edmonton with the 3rd Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
Panchana-Moya had a broken leg while Crawford suffered a broken ankle. A third soldier and a journalist received minor injuries.
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