- Reaction score
- 4,025
- Points
- 1,260
Photos of the Dead, and the Injured....
http://tinyurl.com/a5wnv
Some of the media...
http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/051124/n1124109A.html
http://www.cbc.ca/nb/story/nb-soldierkilled20051124.html
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051124/soldier_afghanistan_051124/20051124?hub=TopStories
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-11-25T025144Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-224994-1.xml&archived=False
CF Statement (on Combatcamera web page)
"One Canadian soldier was killed and four others injured when their Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV III) rolled over approximately 45 km northeast of Kandahar. The accident occurred around 6 p.m. local time (8:30 a.m. EST) on 24 November. The accident caused the death of 24-year-old Private Braun Scott Woodfield of Victoria, B.C., and serious injuries to Private Paul Schavo, 24,of London, Ont., Corporal Shane Dean Jones, 30, of Whiterock, B.C., and Sergeant Tony Nelson McIver, 31, of Fredericton, N.B. Corporal James Edward McDonald, 32, of Pembroke, Ont, was also hurt, but his injuries have been classified as non-life threatening. All four injured soldiers are receiving medical care at a coalition hospital at Kandahar Airfield. The soldiers were conducting a vehicle-mounted patrol in the vicinity of the village of Lagman when the incident occurred. All five soldiers were part of Task Force Kabul, which had recently shifted operations to the Kandahar area. The soldiers were from Golf Company, 2 Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment (2 RCR), stationed in Gagetown, N.B. "
Prime Minister's Statement
http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news.asp?id=658
Condolences to the family of the dead, and hopes of speedy recovery to those injured and their families.
http://tinyurl.com/a5wnv
Some of the media...
http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/051124/n1124109A.html
http://www.cbc.ca/nb/story/nb-soldierkilled20051124.html
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051124/soldier_afghanistan_051124/20051124?hub=TopStories
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-11-25T025144Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-224994-1.xml&archived=False
CF Statement (on Combatcamera web page)
"One Canadian soldier was killed and four others injured when their Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV III) rolled over approximately 45 km northeast of Kandahar. The accident occurred around 6 p.m. local time (8:30 a.m. EST) on 24 November. The accident caused the death of 24-year-old Private Braun Scott Woodfield of Victoria, B.C., and serious injuries to Private Paul Schavo, 24,of London, Ont., Corporal Shane Dean Jones, 30, of Whiterock, B.C., and Sergeant Tony Nelson McIver, 31, of Fredericton, N.B. Corporal James Edward McDonald, 32, of Pembroke, Ont, was also hurt, but his injuries have been classified as non-life threatening. All four injured soldiers are receiving medical care at a coalition hospital at Kandahar Airfield. The soldiers were conducting a vehicle-mounted patrol in the vicinity of the village of Lagman when the incident occurred. All five soldiers were part of Task Force Kabul, which had recently shifted operations to the Kandahar area. The soldiers were from Golf Company, 2 Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment (2 RCR), stationed in Gagetown, N.B. "
Prime Minister's Statement
http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news.asp?id=658
Condolences to the family of the dead, and hopes of speedy recovery to those injured and their families.