Navy SEAL accident Ariz. Authorities say one of two Navy SEALs injured during parachute
training in southern Arizona has died while the other man remains
hospitalized.
A U.S. Special Operations Command official said
Friday that the SEAL died in a Tucson hospital Thursday but didn't have a
condition update on the other man.
The names of the two SEALs were being withheld and the accident is under investigation.
Command spokesman Kenneth McGraw says the SEALs were
practicing "routine military free-fall training" when the accident
occurred about 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
Pinal County Sheriff's officials say the injured men
collided in mid-air and landed in separate areas. The incident was
turned over to military investigators Thursday afternoon.
McGraw says the command has a parachute testing and training facility at the Pinal Airpark northeast of Tucson.
The accident was less than two weeks after seven Marines were killed during a training exercise in Nevada.