One soldier killed and two others injured during Army training exercise in Washington

A 20-year-old American soldier was killed and two others were injured on Monday during a training exercise at the Yakima Training Center in central Washington state, an army spokesperson said.

The junior soldier of the US army Private First Class (PFC) Joseph A Marquez died following a “single-vehicle incident”, according to the release by the 7th Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Marquez, who was from Dover, Delaware, was pronounced dead on the scene after the car wreck during the exercise, the statement said without giving more information about the accident.