Navy sailor dies from injuries following helicopter landing accident
By Diana Stancy Correll
May 10, 05:58 PM
A sailor assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit died Monday after sustaining injuries during training four days earlier. (Rick Bowmer/AP)
[Editor’s note: The original headline has been corrected. The service member who died was not a SEAL.]
A sailor in the Naval Special Warfare community died May 9 due to injuries encountered during joint training near Norfolk, Va., last week.
The sailor, assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit, died at a local hospital from injuries sustained in a helicopter landing incident during training aboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story May 5, the Navy said in a statement.
The service is waiting to identify the sailor until 24-hours after notifying next-of-kin.
No additional details were immediately available, and the incident is under investigation.
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