An Israeli officer and a soldier have died and four others injured when their artillery vehicle flipped during the course of a training exercise in Israel’s Golan Heights Wednesday morning,The Jerusalem Post reported.

"During the night, as part of an exercise in a battalion commanders course in the Golan Heights, a TAT-type Reconnaissance Battalion vehicle flipped over," the army said in a statement.

The soldiers, who were killed, a Lieutenant and Sergeant, were commanding the vehicle and were in the cockpit of the vehicle when the driver made an unexplained turn and the vehicle fell down an embankment of 8-9 meters.