British soldier killed, 3 injured, in Afghan crash

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Mar 27 (Reuters) A British soldier was killed and three were injured in Afghanistan today in a traffic accident, a police chief said.

The accident happened in Lashkar Gah the capital of Helmand province, said provincial police chief Abdur Rahman.

''The car the British soldiers were in crashed with a truck,'' Rahman told Reuters.

A British military spokesman said he had no information about the incident.

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