Five Camp Pendleton Marines Still Hospitalized in Critical Condition

Five Camp Pendleton Marines still hospitalized in critical condition after accident
Orange County Register
By ERIKA I. RITCHIE STAFF WRITER
September 14, 2015

A Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement similar to the vehicle the Camp Pendleton Marines were using. Four of 18 Marines injured in a rollover accident were listed in critical condition Monday. The 7-ton truck carrying them flipped during training at Camp Pendleton on Thursday, killing one Marine.
COURTESY OF USMC

CAMP PENDLETON – Five Marines remained in critical condition Monday following a rollover accident last week that killed a 21-year-old Marine from Louisiana and injured 18, base officials said.

Four other Marines still in the hospital are in stable condition, said 1st Lt. Colleen McFadden, for the 1st Marine Division. One of those Marines last week was listed in critical condition but has since improved. Nine Marines have been released from hospitals since the accident occured Thursday afternoon.

The Marines are being treated at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo and in San Diego County at Scripps Memorial Hospital, Palomar Medical Center, Sharp Memorial Hospital and Tri-City Medical Center.

The accident occurred when the Marines were being transported in a 7-ton truck known as a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement and were returning from a routine training exercise, McFadden said. Base officials closed down Basilone Road from Camp Las Pulgas to Camp Horno.
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