Va. trooper dies in training exercise

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A Virginia State Police trooper has died after a training exercise on Lake Anna.

Trooper Mark D. Barrett, 41, died after a conducting a deep-water dive on Tuesday, according to the state police. Barrett was having difficulty as he and another trooper were returning to the lake’s surface after a dive, police said.

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