Navy SEAL instructor pulled away from training following death of sailor
WASH POST
A Navy SEAL instructor has been temporarily removed from his training
duties following the death of a sailor in a swimming pool, a service
spokesman said Saturday.
The instructor was removed this week following the May 6 death of Seaman James Derek Lovelace,
21, of Crestview, Fla., said Navy Cmdr. Jason Salata, a spokesman for
Naval Special Warfare Command. The incident occurred during the famously
grueling Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) course at Naval
Amphibious Base Coronado in California.
Lovelace was helped to
the edge of a swimming pool by instructors after having difficulty in
the water, and was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital after efforts to
revive him failed, Navy officials said. A preliminary autopsy report by
the San Diego coroner’s office said he drowned.
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