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Posted: 2019-10-20T21:44:07Z | Updated: 2019-10-21T07:19:59Z

A training accident at Georgias Fort Stewart Army base has left three soldiers dead and three others injured, military officials said Sunday.

The six soldiers were participating in a training event when their Bradley Fighting Vehicle rolled over into water just before 3:30 a.m., the base said in a statement .

Three of the soldiers were pronounced dead at the scene. The three remaining soldiers were taken to Winn Army Community Hospital.

Two of them were treated and released while the third was taken to Memorial Hospital in Savannah, Georgia, with non-life threatening injuries. All six were part of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, which is stationed at Fort Stewart.