Marines Killed In Rollover Crash Identified
POSTED: 10:06 am PST December 2, 2009
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- A Camp Pendleton-based Marine who died in a Thanksgiving Day rollover crash in Morongo Valley was identified Wednesday by base officials.Lance Cpl. Brian J. Adams, 21, of Battleground, Wash. was one of two passengers in a 2007 Saturn that crashed on eastbound state Route 62, west of Desert Willow Trail, around 2:20 a.m. Nov. 26, according to Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Officer 1st Lt. Kendra Hardesty.Adams died at the scene of the solo-vehicle crash. The driver, discharged Marine Charles Hutchinson, 20, of Charlestown, W. Va., died Friday in a hospital, according to published reports. The other passenger was injured but listed in stable condition, Hardesty said.Adams joined the Marine Corps in May 2008 and was a motor vehicle operator for Combat Logistics Battalion 7, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group. He was a recipient of the National Defense Medal and Global War on Terrorism Medal. He most recently worked out of Twentynine Palms.The California Highway Patrol was investigating the crash.A private memorial was scheduled for Friday.
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