U.S. Offers Payment to Families of Two Girls
From Times Wire Reports
The U.S. military has agreed to pay $162,500 to each family of two teenagers fatally struck by a U.S. armored vehicle, South Korea said.
Family members of the 14-year-old girls were not immediately available for comment on whether they would accept.
Sgt. Mark Walker and Sgt. Fernando Nino were on a training mission near the border with North Korea on June 13 when their armored bridge carrier allegedly struck and killed the girls. The U.S. military said the men had been indicted on charges of negligent homicide.
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