Sailor killed in Virgina training mishap

NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. Navy sailor was killed on the James River in Virginia when his special warfare boat collided with a tugboat, a report said.

The Navy said the victim was one a three sailors aboard a rigid-hull raft that struck the tug near Jamestown Island late Thursday night.

The Virginian-Pilot said the sailor was assigned to a Navy SEAL team at the nearby Little Creek Amphibious Base in Norfolk but was part of a support unit and was not an actual SEAL.