New York ? ABC “World News Tonight” co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured Sunday when the Iraqi Army vehicle they were traveling in was attacked with an explosive device.

Both journalists suffered head injuries, and Woodruff also has broken bones. They were in stable condition following surgery at a U.S. military hospital in Iraq, and were being evacuated to medical facilities in Germany, ABC News President David Westin said Sunday night.

“We take this as good news, but the next few days will be critical,” Westin said.

Woodruff and Doug Vogt, an award-winning cameraman, were embedded with the 4th Infantry Division and traveling in a convoy with U.S. and Iraqi troops near Taji, about 12 miles north of Baghdad.

They were wearing body armor and helmets but were standing up in the hatch of the mechanized vehicle when the device exploded, exposing them to shrapnel. An Iraqi solder also was hurt in the explosion.

ABC said the men were in the Iraqi vehicle – considered less secure than U.S. military equipment – to get the perspective of the Iraqi military.

The U.S. military confirmed that Woodruff and Vogt were injured in the midday attack.

It was another dose of bad news for ABC News, still recovering from the cancer death of Peter Jennings in August. Woodruff, 44, assumed Jennings’ old job anchoring “World News Tonight” with Elizabeth Vargas earlier this month.

Setting the broadcast apart from its network rivals, ABC usually stations one of the anchors in a New York studio while the other is doing reports from the field.