BREAKING NEWS: One cadet seriously injured and several others taken to hospital after an armored personnel carrier overturned at West Point Military Academy’s training camp sparking a major emergency response
- Accident took place at 7.30am near Camp Natural Bridge, a training site at US Military Academy at West Point in New York
- Twenty cadets were injured; at least one was airlifted to a hospital suffering from serious injuries
An armored personnel carrier reportedly overturned during a training exercise at West Point Military Academy this morning, leaving at least 20 cadets injured, some critically.
Army and civilian first responders from Orange and Rockland counties are at the scene of the accident that took place at around 7.30am near Camp Natural Bridge training site, according to early reports.
At 8.18am, the US Military Academy tweeted: ‘there has been an accident in the vicinity of the Camp Natural Bridge training site. Emergency vehicles are responding. Please avoid Route 293. More information will follow.’
An accident involving an armored personnel carrier at West Point Academy left 20 cadets injured Thursday morning
The crash took place at 7.30am near Camp Natural Bridge, a training site at US Military Academy at West Point in New York
At least one cadet was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries. NBC New York described the cadet as unresponsive during transport.
An additional four or five cadets were hospitalized from the site of the crash suffering from back pain.