European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d German remembers town that was Page 3 d Carrier Nimitz moving into Washington port Page 5 d Oakland Rookie slams 3 homers sports Page 21 the stars authorizes unofficial publication Fca the . Armed forces vol. 46, no. 73 monday june 29, 1987 d 6693 a blast kills 3 Gas injures 12 by Tom Boivin stuff writer three Lith army Cav regt soldiers were killed and at least 12 injured sunday in a training Accident a the Hohenfels training Center Southeast of Nuernberg. The training Accident involving sol Diers from the 11 the army Cav Rygl occurred at 10 . In the Hohrn fils training area it. Col. Jake Dye of the v corps Public a fairs office said two soldiers were pronounced dead on arrival and the third died shortly Alicr arriving at the hos Pital in the Nuernberg Dye said the injured were being treated Ai the army Hospital in Nuernberg and at an Erlanger Hospital. Approximately a dozen were injured badly enough lobe hospitalized Dye said. There May have been others injured that did not require Hospital Millon but we have no details at this details of the Accident at the training Center 36 mites from Nuernberg were nol available. The names of the dead and injured soldiers All members of inc 58lh combat engr co in Fulda were nol re leased pending notification of next of Kin. The Accident involved an m-180 Crater ing charge which d t said is an explosive device to blow a Hole in the Road Lodestro a this is considered routine training for combat engineers Dye said. The soldiers were on a Range specifically designated for this Type of training. These Wen not recruits. Most were engineers familiar with and trained in How to use Cral Cring charges. This was unit raining with plenty of supervision Anda number of seasoned experienced soldiers the associated press reported Iha regional police in Regensburg said the blast injured 15 to 20 soldiers. A police flu Ial in Hohenfels said the blast May have injured up of 30 servicemen. A team of safety experts from the army safely Conler at for mucker ala.,
