A YOUNG soldier has died from injuries sustained when an army truck rolled over at Holsworthy Army Base on Monday.

Jordan Penpraze, 22, from the School of Military Engineering at Moorebank, sustained critical head injuries in the accident.

Fallen soldier enjoyed army life

His death was announced by Lieutenant Colonel Allan Hollink this afternoon.

Penpraze, from Victoria, was a trainee combat engineer who was about to qualify as a Sapper in the Australian army.

He was one of 20 soldiers returning from an exercise when their Unimog open top troop carrier rolled just before 9am.

Two other soldiers who were injured in the accident remain in hospital in a stable condition.

The vehicle was one of two travelling in convoy, but not within sight of each other.

Police said earlier this week that they were looking closely at whether the vehicle was speeding.

media_camera An areial shot of the overturned vehicle. Picture: Sky News

Originally published as Soldier injured in truck roll dies