A soldier driving off Joint Base Lewis-McChord was killed Thursday when his car crashed into an empty guard shack.
A soldier driving off Joint Base Lewis-McChord was killed Thursday when his car crashed into an empty guard shack.
The collision occurred just before 5 a.m. on East Gate Road.
Investigators are trying to determine what caused the wreck, JBLM spokesman Joe Kubistek said.
No one else was injured. The soldier’s name is expected to be released Friday.
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Troop 249 prepared and sent a number of packages to the 168th Brigade Support Battalion’s Alpha Company, said J.R. Freeman-Pollard, a Boy Scouts of America unit commissioner.
Combat flags typically are reserved for dignitaries or family members of fallen soldiers, however the battalion was moved by the care packages and wanted to show their gratitude, Freeman-Pollard said in a news release.
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