5-ton truck flipped down hill in deadly JBLM accident
By Davis Winkie
Monday, May 2
Pfc. Joseph Marquez was pronounced dead at the scene of a single vehicle accident at Yakima Training Area, Washington, on Apr. 25, 2022. Two other soldiers were injured in the incident.
The tactical vehicle crash that killed a 7th Infantry Division soldier in the Yakima Training Area at Joint Base Lewis-McChord last week was a rollover, according to a preliminary investigation by the Army Combat Readiness Center.
Many of the details on the April 25 crash — including its suspected causes — have not yet been released and will not become public until after a safety investigation and parallel command investigation conclude.
The accident, which killed Pfc. Joseph A. Marquez and injured two other soldiers, happened just after 6 a.m. when a four-vehicle convoy from 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry, was moving down a steep hill in the training area. The unit was in the final portion of a squadron field exercise, and the convoy was moving supplies, said division spokesperson Lt. Col. Travis Dettmer in a phone interview.
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