Soldier found unconscious in sleeping bag dies

Soldier found unconscious in sleeping bag dies

The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday May 6, 2008 11:19:21 EDT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Army investigators are looking into the death of a Fort Carson soldier who died Saturday while at Fort Irwin, Calif., for training.

Spc. Emily T. Ortiz, 24, of Willis, Texas, was found unconscious in her sleeping bag in a tent-city bivouac area called the Dust Bowl, said Fort Irwin spokesman John Wagstaffe. When Ortiz didn't wake up, medics were summoned for first aid. She was pronounced dead at the hospital on post.

An autopsy was scheduled Monday to determine what killed Ortiz, a member of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. Ortiz was in California with the 3,800-soldier unit's Special Troops Battalion as it prepares to go to Iraq later this year. She is survived by a 16-month-old child, the Army said.
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