Twelve British soldiers injured after horror crash in Estonia as three Army minibuses involved in six-car pile up

TWELVE British soldiers person been injured successful a fearfulness car smash successful Estonia.

Eight of the astir earnestly wounded were airlifted backmost to Britain wherever 3 stay successful hospital.

The troops were portion of a Nato ngo defending the eastbound frontier from Russia.

A convoy of 3 Army minibuses was progressive successful a six-car pile-up connected Friday.

The troops were travelling successful blizzard conditions astir 20 miles from Russia.

The 12 British soldiers and 5 civilians were raced to section hospitals by ambulance.

The RAF scrambled a C-17 Globemaster medevac pitchy with an onboard intensive attraction portion connected Sunday.

Medics collected the wounded from Tallinn and flew them to Birmingham Airport.

They were transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, location of the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine.

The clang took spot astatine a crossroads wherever 2 civilian cars had collided.

Local reports said a 37-year-old pistillate turned crossed the road successful a Volvo S80 and deed a BMW 530D, driven by a 62-year-old woman.

The Army convoy consisted of 3 Toyota radical carriers whose drivers were incapable to stop

A larger Mercedes Sprinter that was travelling successful the other absorption was besides progressive successful the crash.

The troops were serving connected Operation Cabrit, the UK's publication to Nato’s “enhanced guardant presence” which is designed to deter Russian aggression.

Around 900 British troops rotate done Estonia wherever the UK keeps Challenger 2 tanks, aggregate motorboat rocket systems, mobile dense artillery guns and armoured infantry units.

The soldiers were travelling backmost from the UK basal astatine Tapa erstwhile the mishap took spot astatine astir 5pm connected Friday.

Pictures showed astatine slightest 5 ambulances parked astatine the backmost of the RAF pitchy which had its process ramp open.