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U.S. soldier injured in truck incident; first U.S. casualty of Afghanistan operation

By Associated Press, 10/10/2001 16:18

An Army soldier got trapped between two trucks and was critically injured Wednesday, becoming the first American casualty of Operation Enduring Freedom, the campaign against terrorism, officials said.

The soldier's name and where the accident took place were not disclosed.

''U.S. medical personnel on the scene performed initial lifesaving care,'' then the soldier was taken to a U.S. base in Incirlik, Turkey, for further treatment, said Maj. Brad Lowell, a U.S. Central Command spokesman at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.

-- Anonymous, October 10, 2001