A Specialist assigned to Fort Hood, Texas, died in a PMV-4 pedestrian mishap 12 August 2020 in Killeen, Texas, at 2150 local. The Soldier was traveling with two other Soldiers in a private motor vehicle on a multi-lane highway when they saw a serious automobile accident. The Soldiers stopped to render assistance. One Soldier attempted to direct traffic on an unlit, curved highway with vehicles traveling at high rates of speed, when he was struck by a vehicle. Local emergency management services and fire department personnel responded to the accident and pronounced the Soldier dead at the scene. Alcohol use was not reported as a factor. The mishap is under investigation.
Since 2016, the Army has lost an average of seven Soldiers a year to pedestrian/non-motorist mishaps. This mishap is the second pedestrian/non-motorist fatality of FY20 and the same number of similar fatalities during the same time period last year.