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  • Bus Crash Kills 3 Sailors, Injures Dozens

    03/12/2004 12:49:38 PM PST · by Calpernia · 7 replies · 273+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | March 12, 2004 | Media Release
    At least three sailors were killed and dozens more were injured after a bus carrying Navy people to a wreath-laying ceremony collided with a tractor-trailer today about 20 miles north of Beaufort, S.C. The sailors – part of the precommissioning unit of the guided missile cruiser Pinckney -- were traveling from Charleston, S.C., to attend a wreath-laying ceremony at Beaufort National Cemetery, according to a news release from the Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command. Two dozen sailors were treated at area hospitals, and 47 others suffered minor injuries, the release said. Names of the sailors killed in the accident are...