Two to face trial over Army truck accident

THE ATTORNEY-general has given police the green light to prosecute two people in connection with the death of a reservist during a military exercise in September last year in the Famagusta district.

“The case file was submitted to the attorney-general and on his instruction two individuals will be charged with causing death through a reckless and dangerous act,” police spokesman Michalis Katsounotos said.

Father of two Iacovos Hadjispyrou, 43, was killed after the army truck he was travelling in left the road on a bend and overturned in a field.

Five other people were injured in the accident.

It was later reported that the experts investigating the accident had found that the bearings and three screws were missing from where the drive shaft joins with the axle.

The individuals that will be charged where not named.

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