Two paratroopers killed in horror crash are named – days after bear mauled third soldier to death at same base
TWO paratroopers have been killed in a horror multi-vehicle car crash – days after a soldier stationed at the same Alaskan base was mauled by a bear.
Spc. Wyne Lyndon Jacob Abonita, 22, and Pvt. Valsin David Tate Jr, 23, died in Anchorage on May 13.
They were both stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
Abonita, of Yokosuka, Japan, and Tate, of New Orleans, were both fire control specialists and assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment.
Two other soldiers were injured in the multi-vehicle smash, according to Stars and Stripes.
The drivers of a Dodge Challenger and Mitsubishi Galant lost control as they were traveling on a highway in Anchorage.
The Challenger hit a tree and the two people inside were injured, according to the Anchorage Daily News.
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But, the Galant collided with a Chevrolet Silverado and both vehicles caught fire.
Medics rushed to the scene and pronounced the driver and passenger dead.
The Army has not released any further details about the crash.
It comes just days after Staff Sgt Michael Plant, 30, was killed in a bear attack at the base on May 10.
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Plant had been at the base since July 2021, the Army said in a statement.
He was an infantryman from the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
A den with two brown bear cubs was found near where the attack happened, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Lt Col David Ja Nelson, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment commander said that Plant "always had a smile on his face, he always went above and beyond what was asked of him, and he served as an inspiration to all who had the privilege to know him."
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