Sailor killed in chain-reaction crash involving 5 military trucks near Camp Pendleton

A Navy service member was killed and five others were injured in a crash involving military trucks near Camp Pendleton in Southern California on Tuesday, California Highway Patrol officials said.

The crash happened when five military trucks were traveling on Interstate 5 near San Onofre State Beach, according to CHP, Fox 5 reported.

The sailor who died has been identified as Aaron Michael Fish, 26, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. Fish was driving one of the military trucks when one of the vehicles “stopped suddenly in front of the lead convoy vehicle,” causing a “chain reaction of rear-ending collisions with (Fish’s) vehicle between two other military vehicles,” the medical examiner’s report reads.

Fish was pronounced dead due to fatal trauma and an injured passenger in Fish’s vehicle was taken to the hospital, the medical examiner’s office said.

Police said the other service members who were hurt in the accident are in their early 20s, according to ABC News.

CHP said two women and three men were taken to Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital and Mission Hospital for their injuries, CBS8 reported.

Investigation of the accident is ongoing, according to the station.

This story was originally published March 2, 2021 at 3:57 PM with the headline "Sailor killed in chain-reaction crash involving 5 military trucks near Camp Pendleton."