An Army National Guard soldier died during an exercise in Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson near Columbia, South Carolina.

Pvt. Connor McGurran, a 19-year-old from Owatonna, Minnesota, collapsed during a training exercise and was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. McGurran was the second soldier to die in training at Fort Jackson since September.

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