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Ont. soldier dies in motorcycle accident in Alta.
WAINWRIGHT, Alta. (CP) - A soldier from Ontario has been killed and another has received minor injuries in an off-duty motorcycle crash in Wainwright, Alta.
Defence Department officials say Master Cpl. John Xaysy, 26, died at the scene of the crash Thursday night after losing control of his motorcycle about four kilometres from the eastern Alberta community. The Waterloo, Ont., native was a member of the Royal Highland Fusiliers, a reserve infantry regiment based in Cambridge, Ont.
Cpl. Robert Anderson, 22, of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment based at St. Catharines, Ont., was treated at the local hospital and released.
Canadian forces spokesman Capt. Tom St. Denis says the two men were involved in Exercise Maple Defender, involving 1,100 Ontario-based soldiers, which just wrapped up at the base.
He says the two men worked as members of the military team that dressed up as Afghan villagers or members of the Taliban to help train soldiers for missions in Afghanistan.
Ont. soldier dies in motorcycle accident in Alta.
WAINWRIGHT, Alta. (CP) - A soldier from Ontario has been killed and another has received minor injuries in an off-duty motorcycle crash in Wainwright, Alta.
Defence Department officials say Master Cpl. John Xaysy, 26, died at the scene of the crash Thursday night after losing control of his motorcycle about four kilometres from the eastern Alberta community. The Waterloo, Ont., native was a member of the Royal Highland Fusiliers, a reserve infantry regiment based in Cambridge, Ont.
Cpl. Robert Anderson, 22, of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment based at St. Catharines, Ont., was treated at the local hospital and released.
Canadian forces spokesman Capt. Tom St. Denis says the two men were involved in Exercise Maple Defender, involving 1,100 Ontario-based soldiers, which just wrapped up at the base.
He says the two men worked as members of the military team that dressed up as Afghan villagers or members of the Taliban to help train soldiers for missions in Afghanistan.