Eight missing service members presumed dead as search for survivors of training accident called off

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The Marine Corps and U.S. Navy updated its death toll to eight for the incident that took place in California last week.

Officials from Camp Pendleton said Sunday that the military had concluded its search for seven missing Marines and one missing sailor after more than 40 hours of searching for an amphibious assault vehicle that took on water and sank off the coast of California on Friday. The eight missing service members are presumed dead, according to a Marine Corps statement.

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