[Crvena zvezda]

Spanish soldier dies in Kosovo road accident
April 25, 2007 6:57 PM
(AP) -- One Spanish soldier died and another was seriously injured Tuesday when their BMR armored vehicle ran off the road and flipped over while on patrol in Kosovo, the defense ministry said here.
Officials identified the dead man as Jose Javier Colorado Ramirez, 19.
They said that soldier Juan Carlos Correa Munoz, who suffered a broken right forearm and severe abdominal bruising, was evacuated by helicopter to the Role 2 hospital in Prizren, where his prognosis was described as guarded.
The other occupants of the BMR sustained bruises and other minor injuries, and all were treated at the Espana base in Istok.
The soldiers were making a routine patrol when the accident occurred.
The 550-man Spanish troop contingent is part of the Western Group of the NATO-led Kosovo Force, or KFOR, and is deployed mainly in the town of Istok.
Colorado's death brings to five the number of Spaniards killed while serving with KFOR in Kosovo, all of them as the result of accidents. Kosovo is a Serbian province with a mostly Albanian population which is demanding independence from Belgrade and since June 1999 has been under the administrative protection of the U.N., including the KFOR security force.