KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan man rammed his vehicle into NATO troops on patrol in southern Afghanistan Wednesday 30th March 2011, killing his passenger and a nearby pedestrian, the coalition said.
After three service members were struck, others on the patrol fired on the vehicle, which they believed had deliberately attacked them, NATO said.
The vehicle flipped into in a ditch, killing a passenger and hurting the driver, NATO said. The vehicle also hit and killed a pedestrian. Two other passers-by were injured in the incident in Kandahar city.
British Army Major Tim James, a spokesman for the International Alliance, said the driver was taken to a hospital. It was unclear if he was arrested.
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