A U.S. soldier assigned to Kadena Air Base was killed Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, when his black Mazda Axela, seen here the next day at Okinawa Police Station, crossed the median and struck a concrete utility pole. (Mari Higa/Stars and Stripes)
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A soldier assigned to an air defense unit at Kadena Air Base died Sunday morning when his car crashed just south of Aeon Mall Okinawa Rycom, according to the Army and Japanese police.
Spc. Izaiah Sneed, 27, a petroleum supply specialist with 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, was southbound on Route 330 at 6:07 a.m. when his black Mazda Axela crossed the median and struck a concrete utility pole in front of a Haebaru gas station, an Okinawa prefectural police spokesman told Stars and Stripes by phone Monday.
A gas station employee told police Sneed was traveling “very fast” at the time; police are investigating, the spokesman said.
Sneed, a Maryland native, was pronounced dead at 7:01 a.m. at a central Okinawa hospital, according to police.
“This young man demonstrated the courage to join the U.
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