1 dead, 22 injured in tactical vehicle rollover at USMA West Point training site

[Chaotic Lord]

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/06/06/PWES/cbdaa5b4-3fd5-48ca-b7f3-17718cc13749-WNBC_West_Point_Ax_Still_v3.jpg?width=540

One cadet died and nearly two dozen others were hurt when a 2.5-ton tactical vehicle carrying them and two active duty soldiers overturned en route to a training site near the U.S. Military Academy in West Point early Thursday, authorities say.

A total of 20 cadets and the two U.S. Army soldiers, who had been driving them, were hurt when the vehicle somehow veered off Route 293 and rolled over, ending upside-down in a thickly wooded area, around 6:45 a.m., spokesmen from West Point and Fort Stewart Georgia said. The active duty soldiers were based at Fort Benning; the cadets were rising seniors at West Point and would have graduated next year, in 2020. They were heading out as part of a routine training exercise, and officials weren't able to provide any additional details Thursday afternoon on how the accident may have happened.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/West-Point-New-York-Major-Car-Crash-Orange-County-Emergency-510906491.html

[Raidyr]

This has happened before. LMTV's are top-heavy by design but it's fairly routine in the military to overload them.

[JennyC6]

And everything else in the motorpool. Duece and a Half trucks routinely carried twice their ratings. 'fact they're known for being hilariously underrated because of it.