Seaman Recruit Kierra Evans collapsed six months after another recruit was found dead in his Great Lakes barracks.
A 20-year-old Navy recruit has died one week before she scheduled to graduate, after collapsing during a fitness test.
“The Navy and Recruit Training Command take the welfare of our sailors very seriously and are investigating the cause of this tragic loss," Lieutenant Joseph Pfaff, a Recruit Training Command spokesperson, said in a statement.Evans collapsed during the final running section of the test, having already completed the push-up and curl-up portions.
The cause of the 20-year-old’s death is still unclear. A spokesperson from the Lake County Coroner’s Office told the Navy Times an autopsy result will not available for as much as three months.
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