A 39-year-old Master Sergeant assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, died in a PMV-4 mishap 18 January 2020 in Sanford, North Carolina, at 1800 local. The Soldier was operating his private motor vehicle when he collided head on with another vehicle that crossed the median.
Since FY16, the Army loses an average of 34 Soldiers a year to PMV-4 mishaps. This was the ninth fatal PMV-4 mishap in just the first four months of FY20. While the Army is below the 13 PMV-4 fatalities during the same time period in FY19, this mishap serves as a stark reminder that PMVs continue to be the single largest cause of Soldier losses.