Want more hot BPR News stories? Sign up for our morning blast HERE
The death toll rose from an overturned Army truck in rising Texas floodwaters as more bodies were found.
The recovery of the four soldiers’ bodies brought the death toll to nine following the devastating accident in Fort Hood on Thursday.
After the truck carrying twelve soldiers overturned in the rain-swollen Owl Creek, three soldiers were rescued while five were found dead. Four others who were swept away were missing as the Army and other civilian agencies used ground, air and dog teams to find them, CNN reported.
“It was a situation where the rain had come and the water was rising quickly,” said Christopher Haug, a spokesman for the Army post. “They regularly pass through these weather conditions like this. This was a tactical vehicle, and at the time they were in proper place. Just an unfortunate accident that occurred quickly.”
Maj. Gen. John Uberti told reporters, “In this incident, we’ve lost nine soldiers.”
It was a tragic week for the military as Thursday saw the crash of a Navy Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet which claimed the life of its pilot who is being praised for his act of courage in the tragedy.
On the same day, an Air Force elite Thunderbird F-16 crashed following a fly-over for the Air Force Academy’s graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colo. The pilot was able to bail out safely, however.
Sign up for our morning blast HERE
DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW
Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!
[email protected]
Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.
- Ron Paul eviscerates Mike Johnson for ‘stiffing’ the Republicans who got him elected as speaker - April 25, 2024
- Tennessee passes death penalty for child rapists. Here’s some of the twisted reasoning why some Dems opposed it. - April 25, 2024
- Inside the demented ‘rationale’ of a squatter: ‘I have put a lot of work in here’ - April 25, 2024
Comment
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.
BPR INSIDER COMMENTS
Scroll down for non-member comments or join our insider conversations by becoming a member. We'd love to have you!
