A 5-ton cargo truck loaded with West Point cadets on summer training overturned on a dirt road Thursday morning, killing one cadet and injuring 21 others.
WEST POINT, New York — A 5-ton cargo truck loaded with West Point cadets on summer training overturned on a dirt road Thursday morning, killing one cadet and injuring 21 others. The Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) overturned where Route 293 connects with the Camp Natural Bridge training site around 6:45 a.m. The cadets, all rising seniors at West Point, were involved in what military officials described as a standard training exercise just a few miles away from the academy at the time of the crash. One cadet was confirmed dead at 10:58 a.m., while 19 other cadets and two active-duty soldiers who were operating the vehicle were injured. They were taken to Keller Army Community Hospital and other regional medical facilities with a variety of injuries described as not life threatening.
