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(NON-COMBAT EVENT) ACCIDENT RPT BY HHC (%%%) IVO AR RAMADI: %%% INJ/DAM
Report date 2006-11-26 15:03 · Published by WikiLeaks on 22 October 2010 · View original report »
| Reference ID | Region | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRQ20061126n726 | MNF-W | 33.4 | 43.3 |
| Date | Type | Category | Affiliation | Detained |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-11-26 15:03 | Non-Combat Event | Accident | NEUTRAL | 0 |
| Enemy | Friend | Civilian | Host nation | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed in action | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wounded in action | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Report text
2523255CNOV06: (VEHICLE ACCIDENT) %%% ORD / / %%% FPILLARG. CLP REPORTED A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHILE TRAVELING WEST ON ASR %%% FROM TQ TO CAMP %%% IVO %%%. \012\012 NO INJURIES AND %%% X %%% DAMAGED.\012\012 THE %%% PILLAR %%% THE SECOND %%% (FROM THE %%% ORDNANCE CO, %%%) ROLL ONTO ITS SIDE. WHILE FOLLOWING REAPER , %%% WAS TRAVELING AT A REDUCED RATE OF SPEED IN THE CENTER %%% DEBRIS AND OBSTACLES ALONG THE ASR AS REAPER %%% CLEARED THE OBSTRUCTED AREA, THEY BEGAN TO RESUME NORMAL TRAVELING SPEED, ROUGHLY %%%. AS THEY STARTED TO PULL AWAY, THE DRIVER FOR %%% STATED THAT HE DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE REACHING THE LIMITS OF HIS NIGHT VISION GOGGLES, SO HE STARTED TO INCREASE HIS SPEED TO KEEP REAPER %%% IN VIEW. AS %%% WAS APPROACHING TRAVELING SPEED, A FINAL STRING OF %%% WIRE APPEARED IN FRONT OF THEM. THE DRIVER IMMEDIATELY CUT RIGHT, CUT LEFT, AND FINALLY FTAPPEDG HIS BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN. WHEN HE ENGAGED HIS BRAKES, THE %%% ROLLED ONTO THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE DRIVER AND TC CHECKED TO SEE THAT EACH OTHER WAS %%%, AND THEN EXITED THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE E %%%. THE VEHICLE BEHIND THE %%% WATCHED THE ACCIDENT OCCUR AND CALLED IT UP ON THE RADIO. WHILE THE CONVOY COMMANDER INITIATED THE %%% AND THE RECOVERY TEAM, IT WAS THE TF -%%% QRF THAT WAS THE FIRST %%%. THE %%% CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK AREA, WHICH BURNED FOR APPROXIMATELY A MINUTE BEFORE THE QRF PERSONNEL, PUT IT OUT. THE QRF PERSONNEL THEN CHECKED THE DRIVER AND TC FOR INJURIES. NO INJURIES WERE FOUND, HOWEVER IT IS %%% IF THESE PERSONNEL WERE %%% AND/OR %%% QUALIFIED. (NOTE: THE TC AND DRIVER DID NOT RECEIVE A FOLLOW-ON MEDICAL INSPECTION AT %%%.) THE REAR %%% ELEMENTS AND THE RECOVERY TEAM THEN MOVED INTO POSITION TO BEGIN RECOVERY OPERATIONS. AFTER 3 %%% MINUTES, THE CONVOY COMMANDER INSTRUCTED THE REST OF THE CONVOY TO CONTINUE MISSION TO %%%. AFTER THE REST OF THE CONVOY ARRIVED AT %%% AND BEGAN TO CONDUCT RE-SUPPLY OPERATIONS ON GROUND, THE CONVOY COMMANDER RETURNED WITH THE LEAD %%% ELEMENTS TO THE ACCIDENT SITE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SECURITY. THE FRAME TO THE %%% WAS BENT AND FIVE OF THE TIRES ON THE LEFT SIDE WERE BLOWN. THE RECOVERY TEAM %%% ASSESSED THAT THE WHOLE CAB WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE RECOVERY TEAM WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER THE %%% WITH THE WRECKER, AND TF -%%% HAD TO %%% AN %%% TO RECOVER THE VEHICLE TO %%%. (NOTE: THE F%%% CABLE IS STILL CURRENTLY WITH THE %%%.) THE %%% ARRIVED AT %%% APPROXIMATELY %%%. BASED ON THE RECOVERY E%%% ASSESSMENT, THE %%% WAS LEFT AT %%% WITH TF -%%% TO BE RECOVERED AT A LATER TIME BY %%%. AFTER %%% WAS NOTIFIED, THEY HAD AN LNO AT THE %%% TAC TO MONITOR THE SITUATION WITHIN AN HOUR OF THE ACCIDENT. %%% WAS ASSESSED OF THE SITUATION AND DETERMINED THAT THE WATER CARRIED BY THE %%% WAS NOT MISSION ESSENTIAL AT THAT TIME. UNIT TIME IN COUNTRY IS %%% MONTHS. REGION: MNF-, %%% OF AR RAMADI. (JOC: %%% / CORPS: ) (%%%: UNKNOWN) (SHERIFF: UNKNOWN) (%%%: UNKNOWN) (FUSION: %%%)
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| Report key | 9C6E8A0A-37E3-4BC3-8854-177D9E42C990 |
|---|---|
| Tracking number | 2006-330-154035-0365 |
| Attack on | NEUTRAL |
| Complex attack | FALSE |
| Reporting unit | MNF-W |
| Unit name | HHC 13th SC (E) |
| Type of unit | Coalition Forces |
| Originator group | UNKNOWN |
| Updated by group | MNC-I SIGACTSMGR |
| MGRS | 38SLB49 |
| DColor | GREEN |