FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) — The State Patrol says two Fort Carson soldiers killed in a weekend crash were cannon operators from New Jersey and Idaho.
The soldiers were identified Monday as 28-year-old Pfc. Pawl S. Serafin of Hillsborough, N.J., and 23-year-old Spc. Kale D. Clay of Boise, Idaho. Investigators say they were passengers in an Audi driven by another soldier who crossed the center line of a road and collided with a utility truck head-on Saturday morning on Colorado 115 near the Army post.
The soldier who was driving and the driver of the truck were both injured.
Investigators say speed and alcohol may have been factors in the crash.
Serafin came to Fort Carson in November and had been in the Army less than a year. Clay was an Army Commendation Medal recipient who had served an 11-month tour in Iraq.
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