SVK Army Tatra truck crashes

A SVK Army Tatra 815 truck was moving along a field road near the village of Jalná on its way from the Military Unit Močiar back to its home base when it became involved in a road traffic accident in the afternoon of 18 May, which resulted in the injuries of 17 service personnel, of the SVK Air Force's Command and Control (C2) Surveillance Wing. Six of them sustained serious injuries, including 1 servicewoman. The vehicle, which ran off the road and rolled over, was carrying 20 SVK Armed Forces personnel returning from a specialised training activity. The SVK Interior Ministry's Firefighting and Rescue Corps and medics were called in to assist. The accident is being investigated by the Police District Directorate Žiar nad Hronom in conjunction with the MOD Military Police as a criminal act of causing general threat to people's lives. The Minister of Defence, who was at the time of the accident at a meeting in Brussels, tasked State Secretary Marián Saloň to oversee the coordination efforts. The SVK Chief of Defence Committee convened to look into the accident as well. The serious injuries suffered by 6 service personnel no longer pose a risk to their lives. Another three soldiers still remain hospitalised. The rest of them have been released from hospital and are under home treatment.