Army Spc. Tyler Vaughan, a 22-year-old soldier stationed in Vilseck, Germany, was killed in a car accident on Saturday near the Army's Grafenwoehr Training Area main gate, according to Stars and Stripes.
Vaughan, a fire team leader with the Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment, was a passenger in the vehicle with three other soldiers when the car passed a military police vehicle at over 70 mph.
The car then veered off of the roadway, rolling into a tree.
The military police car had its lights flashing when the soldier's car, a Subaru, sped past, according to Auerbach police Sgt. Daniel Hegel. The two other soldier passengers, 26 and 27 years old, sustained serious injuries while the driver suffered only minor injuries.
The driver of the Subaru had a blood alcohol level of 0.096, according to Hegel.
While the driver's blood alcohol content was greater than the 0.08 percent allowed in the United States, Germany's DUI laws are even stricter. The legal limit in Germany is 0.05 and 0.03 for those involved in an accident, according to the U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart Law Center. That puts the driver of the wrecked Subaru at three times the legal limit for an accident. Germany's drunk driving legal limits apply both on and off-post.
Another American soldier was killed in a fatal accident at the same location less than a year ago, according to Stars and Stripes. The accident is currently under investigation.
