US Marine killed in NT training accident
A 21-year-old decorated United States Marine has died, days after a military training accident at an Australian Defence Force facility in the Northern Territory.
Lance Corporal Hans Sandoval-Pereyra died on Wednesday after succumbing to injuries he received during a tactical vehicle accident on the weekend, a media release from the US Marines said.
He was involved in routine training at Mount Bundey Training Area, east of Darwin on Saturday when the accident occurred and was taken by helicopter to Royal Darwin Hospital, where he died.
One other Marine received minor injuries from the accident and was released from the hospital.
The training was described in the Marine Expeditionary Force media release as routine.
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