Two soldiers assigned to Operations Group, Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, died Friday morning in an automobile accident, according to an Army news release.

The automobile accident occurred at 4:45 a.m. on autobahn 3 between Parsberg and Velburg.

Two other soldiers in the car were injured and were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, according to the news release.

The names of the dead have not been released, pending notification of next of kin.

German police are investigating the accident, the release stated.