Armoured vehicle crash in Australia injures 12 Singapore troops
Singapore’s military is conducting its largest overseas exercise on a stretch of Australian coastline four times larger than the city state
All 12 received medical care and had rejoined their unit by Wednesday, the Singapore Army said in a statement.
The army paused the exercise overnight “to remind drivers to maintain proper distance” between vehicles, the defence ministry statement said.
“Following the sharing of the incident, with emphasis on the need to maintain the safety distance, especially when driving in poor visibility, training has resumed,” the army statement said.
Eleven of the injured were flown in two helicopters on Tuesday to the Rockhampton Hospital for treatment, Queensland Ambulance Service said in a statement. The hospital said in a statement the last of the injured was discharged on Wednesday.
The army did not provide details of where the 12th person who was not flown to Rockhampton was treated.