A soldier stationed at Fort Wainwright was killed and two others were injured Friday following a vehicle collision along a highway that runs from Anchorage to Fairbanks in the Alaskan interior.
Spc. Cameron A. Logwood died in a head-first collision that occurred at Mile 163 near the town of Willow, Army Alaska officials said in a statement.
The 21-year-old soldier was part of a larger group traveling to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, to participate in an intramural basketball tournament when the vehicle he was driving collided head-first with another, Army Alaska spokesman John Pennell said.
Logwood was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders at roughly 5 p.m.
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Two other soldiers were injured in the collision. One was treated at the Mat-Su Regional Medical Center and released, the statement said. The other was transported to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. He is currently in stable condition, the statement added.
Logwood served as an aircraft fuel handler for 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment. He was originally from Urbana, Ohio.
After joining the Army in May 2017 and training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and Fort Lee, Virginia, Logwood arrived at Fort Wainwright in November 2017.
The accident is under investigation by Alaska State Troopers. A picture of the deceased soldier was not immediately provided by Army Alaska officials.
Kyle Rempfer was an editor and reporter who has covered combat operations, criminal cases, foreign military assistance and training accidents. Before entering journalism, Kyle served in U.S. Air Force Special Tactics and deployed in 2014 to Paktika Province, Afghanistan, and Baghdad, Iraq.
