Estonian soldier dies in accident in Afghanistan while unloading equipment

TALLINN - Estonia's military says one of its soldiers has died in southern Afghanistan after being injured while unloading equipment from a truck.

The military said today that 30-year-old Sgt. Maj Ivar Brok died in a military hospital in Kandahar overnight after a spare wheel of a heavy armoured vehicle rolled over him at the British Camp Bastion.

Brok is the third Estonian soldier to die in Afghanistan since the small Baltic country joined the NATO-led coalition in 2003.

In June 2007, two Estonian soldiers were killed in a missile attack in southern Afghanistan.

Estonia currently has around 130 soldiers serving alongside British troops in Helmand province.