CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (KABC) -- A 26-year-old Navy serviceman was killed Tuesday and five fellow Navy personnel were injured in a freeway pileup involving a group of military trucks near Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, authorities said.
The convoy was headed south on Interstate 5 near San Onofre State Beach shortly before 7 a.m. when at least one of the five military vehicles suddenly slowed for unknown reasons, causing the others to begin colliding with each other, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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The 26-year-old serviceman died at the scene of the wreck, the CHP reported. His name was withheld pending family notification.
Paramedics took five other sailors -- three men and two women, all in their early 20s -- to Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital and Mission Hospital in Orange County for treatment of injuries ranging in severity from serious to minor, according to the Highway Patrol.
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The CHP and military authorities were investigating the accident.
City News Service contributed to this report.