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After colliding with a Warrior armoured vehicle during a training exercise in Wiltshire, a soldier died from head injuries.
On Tuesday morning, the soldier, 26, died after colliding with a military vehicle during a routine exercise in Salisbury Plain.
According to police, the soldier was a member of the 5th Battalion The Rifles.
‘Emergency services were called to an area of Salisbury Plain, just west of Tidworth, at approximately 10.45am yesterday (21/6) following a report that a man had been involved in a collision with a Warrior armoured fighting vehicle during a routine training exercise,’ Wiltshire Police said in a statement.