A major and a corporal were killed while four others were injured in an accident at Oddusuddan in Mullaitivu this afternoon, the Army said.
Police said the army jeep, in which the army personnel were travelling in, skidded off the road near the 29th mile post and crashed into a tree at around 1.30 p.m.
The injured were admitted to the Vavuniya Hospital and the corporal and the major were pronounced dead on admission to the hospital.
Army Spokesman Brigadier Sumith Atapattu said the victims, who were attached to the Army Headquarters, were on their way to Vavuniya on an administrative duty when their vehicle met with the accident
