Landmine explosion hits home to rural America.

[Keith_Hixson]

Truck Hits a land mine.

Audra Hauer from Ellensburg Washington was seriously wounded when the truck in which she was riding hit a land mine. The vehicle was an mission of delivering supplies from Kuwait to Bagdad. The truck hit the land mine just outside Bagdad. The wounds are shrapnel and located in her lower legs and her backside according to Medical Sources. One knee was severely injured and will take more advance care at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington D.C. She was a part of the 1161 Transportation Unit, a National Guard Unit based in Ephrated, WA. Audra was from Ellensburg, Washington.



People are still getting killed and wounded in Iraq. Kinda hits home when its a hometown kid.


Keith