Driver Charged in 6-Death Collision at Guantanamo Base
Manslaughter charges have been filed against the driver of a car that smashed into a U.S. Navy van at the Navy base here, killing five sailors and their driver and injuring four people, officials say.
The car was speeding on the base’s main road when the fiery wreck occurred Saturday evening, base spokesman Lt. Bob Hines said. All those killed were inside the van, which was more heavily damaged by fire than by the collision, Hines said.
The names of those killed or injured were withheld pending notification of relatives, said Lt. Cmdr. Aaron Long, spokesman at Atlantic Fleet headquarters in Norfolk, Va.
Long said three injured sailors were evacuated in serious condition Sunday to the Brooke Army Burn Center in San Antonio, Tex.
The private car’s driver, who is not a U.S. citizen, was charged with six counts of manslaughter and was under guard at the base hospital in Guantanamo, where he was listed in stable condition, Long said.
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