JUST IN: At least 1 cadet killed, more than 20 injured after military vehicle overturns near West Point training site, spokesperson says.
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At least one West Point cadet was killed and nearly two dozen more injured when a military vehicle overturned near a training site on Thursday morning.The vehicle crashed around 6:45 a.m. near the Camp Natural Bridge training site in New York. Kevin Larson, a spokesperson for Fort Stewart, an Army post in Georgia, said members of Task Force 1-28 were driving at the time of the crash.
The soldiers were at West Point to train cadets, he said. The cause of the crash is unknown at this time.Those injured in the accident were transported to local hospitals.Multiple emergency vehicles responded to the crash. The U.S. Military Academy in aThe prestigious U.S. Military Academy, also known as West Point, was founded more than two centuries ago, according to its website, and is located about 50 miles north of New York City.Adam Reiss is a reporter and producer for NBC and MSNBC.