Two soldiers from Fort Benning have died and three others were injured in a weather-related event in northern Georgia, an official said Tuesday.
The incident took place at Yonah Mountain, located near Dahlonega, a spokesperson for the Army’s Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning Public Affairs Office said in a statement.
The three injured soldiers were treated by an Army medic on the scene before being transferred to a local hospital, the spokesperson said, where they remain under the care of hospital staff.
A bridge marks the entrance to the U.S. Army’s Fort Benning as the sun rises in Columbus, Ga., Oct. 16, 2015.
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Their names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
This is the second event involving weather and Army fatalities in Georgia in three weeks.
On July 20, a U.S. Army Reserve soldier was killed and another nine were injured following a lightning strike while training at Fort Gordon.