NATO operation in Poland claims more serious injuries

Slippery, snow-covered roads were blamed for an accident involving an American military vehicle, near Żagań, in southwestern Poland. The accident occurred close to the military base where several hundred US soldiers are stationed as part of NATO’s Operation Atlantic Resolve, the DailyMail reported on Sunday. The truck was carrying tank ammunition and, according to investigators, had been travelling too fast as the driver lost control of the vehicle and slid off the road. Two soldiers were injured – one of them seriously. He is in hospital, according to local firefighter captain Dariusz Szymura, who spoke with television stations, Puls24. Polish and American military crews worked throughout the night to clean up the spillage, it was reported. Last year, on June 8, 2016, a Polish citizen was killed and another seriously injured in an accident, when a US-Army truck collided with the car they were driving in Chełmno, a town near Toruń.