Naval Special Warfare sailor killed, 4 more hurt in crash

SAN DIEGO — The van crash on a rural freeway in far japanese San Diego County Friday left a Naval Particular Warfare sailor lifeless and 4 different service members harm, the U.S. Navy stated.

The replace got here Friday night, hours after the crash at round 10 a.m. on Interstate 8 close to Jacumba Sizzling Springs, based on California Freeway Patrol. Jacumba is on the border of San Diego and Imperial counties, simply north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

5 sailors — a girl and 4 males — assigned to Naval Particular Warfare models on the West Coast had been using dwelling in a van from coaching at Camp Billy Machen in Niland, California, the Navy stated in a press release. The driving force crashed off the freeway and hit a boulder for causes that remained unclear Saturday.

Cal Fireplace San Diego crews and U.S. Border Patrol brokers labored to tug sailors from the wreckage and get them medical consideration as shortly as attainable.

One of many sailors, a person, was pronounced lifeless on the scene. 4 different sailors had been taken to hospitals for remedy, together with two in “vital situation” and two in “steady situation,” based on the Navy.

CHP stated in a press release that it was investigating whether or not all of the service members had been carrying seatbelts. The sailor killed within the collision was using in a center rear seat of the van.

Police didn’t suspect medication or alcohol performed a task within the crash.

Because the San Diego Union-Tribune notes, the Navy describes SEAL groups as “the guts of the NSW pressure.” Nevertheless it wasn’t initially clear if the sailors concerned within the crash had been SEALs or in any other case related to one of many particular fight groups.