A Canadian soldier was killed and three others injured, one of them seriously, on Saturday in a traffic accident in southern Afghanistan, military officials said.

Master Cpl. Raymond Arndt, a reservist with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, died in the accident.

Master Cpl. Raymond Arndt, a reservist serving with Task Force Afghanistan, was killed on Saturday.
Master Cpl. Raymond Arndt, a reservist serving with Task Force Afghanistan, was killed on Saturday.
(Department of National Defence)
The Canadian soldiers were travelling in an armoured vehicle called a G-wagon on a road 35 kilometres southeast of Kandahar when they collided head-on with a local truck, officials told CBC News.

They were delivering medical supplies to an outpost near the Afghan-Pakistani border when the collision occurred.

Jared Gagnon, a reservist with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, is listed in very serious condition. He was to be flown to a military hospital in Germany.

The accident occurred as Canadian soldiers were coping with the deaths of four comrades in three attacks near Kandahar on Thursday, one of the deadliest days for Canada so far in the military campaign in Afghanistan.

In total, 24 Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have been killed in Afghanistan since April 2002.