By Spectrum News Staff Tully PUBLISHED 6:27 PM ET Mar. 04, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:27 PM EST Mar. 04, 2021
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The U.S. Navy said its service member who died in a convoy crash earlier this week in California was from Tully.
Aaron Fish, 26, was driving on a highway in California when the crash happened.
Equipment Operator 3rd Class Aaron Fish, from Tully, New York, and assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion.
Posted by Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five on Thursday, March 4, 2021
For unknown reasons, his convoy began to slow down, causing a chain-reaction crash.
Five other Navy service members in their early 20s were hospitalized.
Sailor Killed in Military Vehicle Crash Remembered for Loving His Work, Helping Others
Navy Equipment Operator 3rd Class Aaron Fish with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 died in a multiple-vehicle accident while traveling to Camp Pendleton, Calif., on March 2. (U.S. Navy)
4 Mar 2021
A sailor killed in California this week when several vehicles traveling to a Marine Corps base were involved in a chain-reaction collision has been identified as a 26-year-old from New York.
Equipment Operator 3rd Class Aaron Fish, with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, was killed in the accident Tuesday while traveling to Camp Pendleton. Five other sailors who were hurt in the accident have been released from the hospital, according to the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command.