Fort Hood Soldier and passenger killed by train

ID: Fort Hood soldier dies in car crash with train
by Associated Press
khou.com
Posted on November 13, 2012

KILLEEN, Texas (AP) -- Fort Hood officials say a soldier from Houston was behind the wheel of a car that was hit by a train, killing the driver and the female passenger.

Military officials on Tuesday identified the soldier as 26-year-old Spec. Jeremy Wayne Berczik.
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Sgt. 1st Class Justin Strom JBLM soldier struck, killed by Amtrak train

JBLM soldier struck, killed by Amtrak train is identified; investigation continues
The Olympian
STACIA GLENN
Staff writer
Published October 17, 2012

A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier killed Monday night when an Amtrak Cascades train hit his pickup has been identified as Sgt. 1st Class Justin Strom.

Strom, 34, of Auburn, was assigned to the base’s I Corps and had deployed three times.

He went to Iraq in 2004-05 and 2008-09 and spent seven months in Pakistan last year, said Lt. Col. Gary Dangerfield, I Corps spokesman at the base.
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Iraq veteran among three rail workers killed by train

Man killed by train was local graduate, served in Iraq

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff

VANCOUVER, Wash. – The youngest of the rail workers who died Wednesday, when the SUV he was riding in was hit by a train, took great pride in training to be a train conductor with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad.

Christopher Loehr, 28, graduated from Skyview High School in Vancouver about 10 years ago and also took pride in his physical fitness. His aunt, Cindy Ohm, said he went into the army and served two tours in Iraq doing dangerous patrols with the 7th Cavalry. In January, he landed a job with the railroad and moved to the Seattle area.

Also killed, 58-year-old engineer Tom Kenny, a 22-year veteran out of Seattle, and the driver of the van, 60-year-old Steven Sebastian of Castle Rock. Dwight Leonard Hauck of Auburn, Wash. survived and is in critical condition at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.

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DUI plea no contest in death of Pvt. Andrew "Andy" Cuthbertson

Man to get 3 years in DUI death of soldier
By John Frank, Times Staff Writer
In print: Friday, September 5, 2008

BROOKSVILLE — The generosity of a victim's family will spare a Bushnell man from a lengthy prison sentence.

Rickey Scroggins Jr., 23, drove drunk, ran a red light and collided with a freight truck in 2007, killing passenger Andrew "Andy" Cuthbertson, a newly engaged Army private who had arrived home on leave just a day before.

Scroggins pleaded no contest Thursday to DUI manslaughter and four related charges.

Circuit Judge Stephen Rushing delayed sentencing Scroggins until Sept. 12 so Cuthbertson's relatives could attend. As part of the plea deal, Scroggins will receive three years in prison followed by two years of house arrest and five years of probation.
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