Daily Mail: Three soldiers died after their tank fell off a bridge and into a stream on Georgia base as an Army Major reveals the details through tears
* A training accident in Georgia killed three soldiers and injured three others
* Army said the soldiers' armored vehicle rolled off a bridge and landed upside down in a stream during a training exercise being conducted before dawn
* Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Jenkins, 41, of Gainesville, Florida; Cpl. Thomas Cole Walker, 22, of Conneaut, Ohio; and Pfc. Antonio Garcia, 21, of Peoria, Arizona were killed
* The cause of the fatal crash is being investigated
Three U.S. soldiers who were killed during a training exercise were carrying out their mission in darkness when their armored vehicle fell from a bridge and landed upside down in water below, the commanding general of Fort Stewart tearfully revealed on Monday.
Maj. Gen. Antonio Aguto struggled to hold back tears at a news conference as he read the names of the soldiers who died Sunday during the exercise hours before dawn.
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Update #1: 3 US Army soldiers were killed and 3 others were injured in a training accident involving an armored vehicle in Georgia (Business Insider/Reuters)
Update #2: 3 soldiers die, 3 hurt in Army Fort Stewart training accident (USA Today)
WNU Editor: Military training is always dangerous, as this accident proves.
