Truck-crash US soldier ‘the first casualty’

A US Army soldier who was critically injured when trapped between two trucks tonight become the first official US casualty of Operation Enduring Freedom, the campaign against terrorism, officials said.

The soldier’s name and where the accident took place were not disclosed.

‘‘US medical personnel on the scene performed initial life-saving care,’’ then the soldier was taken to a US base in Incirlik, Turkey, for further treatment, said Major Brad Lowell, a US Central Command spokesman at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.