Local sailor died saving others

[ArcticLight]

Living in a Navy town you always see the bad sh*t that goes on.

This morning this sailor threw herself in harms w ay to save a motorcyclist that crashed. She was killed by another car (Black Ice).

She died serving her country, in one small way.

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GIG HARBOR — A sailor from a Bremerton-based aircraft carrier died early Monday morning when she was struck by a car while trying to help others involved in a collision.

The accident occurred at about 5:20 a.m. on westbound Highway 16 just after the Burnham Drive exit.

Washington State Patrol Trooper Guy Gill said a car spun out on black ice and another car hit a responding trooper's cruiser. The trooper suffered a minor knee injury.

A woman riding a motorcycle went down, and a female sailor from the USS Nimitz got out of her car to help. A pickup then skidded and hit the cars.

Navy Region Northwest spokeswoman Sheila Murray said the 44-year-old sailor was assigned to the Nimitz. Her identity is being withheld until next of kin are notified.

Five vehicles and one motorcycle were involved in the crash, according to Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. Five people were taken to area hospitals for various injuries.

Both westbound lanes of Highway 16 were closed for more than six hours.

Traffic was detoured around the accident via the Burnham Drive roundabout, but it backed up for several miles, to beyond the Wollochet Drive interchange



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[redirt78]

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Its a shame she was killed especially while helping others. Condolences to the family.

 

[old95b10]

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Prayers with her Kin. Damn shame to have a troop go on up.
But it's good to know she was doing what she could for those in trouble. Sad to have a good person lost .

 

[-Nick-]

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My wife drove by that shortly after it happened. She was crying because of the mangled mess and she knew someone had passed away. Our prayers go out to the fallen's family....

 

[*greenhorn*]

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the grates way to pass is in service of others, to lie down your life so others have a chance of living, we should only be so lucky

Hooyah,,,Hooyah,,,Hooyah,,,

The only easy day was yesterday, "A common man(Woman) with uncommon desire to succeed. Forged by adversity, he stands alongside America’s finest to serve his (her) country, the American people, and protect their way of life." She was that woman

 

[ArcticLight]

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I ran into two sailors from the Nimitz last night while out getting dinner and they said "EVERYONE liked her and respected her".

She was a mustang, came up enlisted then went officer.
Rip LtCdr Regina Mills

<span style="font-weight: bold">BREMERTON — The sailor who died in a collision along Highway 16 early Monday morning has been identified as Lt. Cmdr. Regina Mills of Everett.

Mills, 44, was assigned to USS Nimitz, where she served as the aircraft handling officer, responsible for the arrangement of aircraft about the flight and hangar decks. Mills was the first woman in Navy history to hold that job.

The Louisville, Ky., native had pulled onto the shoulder to help a man who lost control of his motorcycle on black ice and laid it down in the roadway. Mills, the motorcyclist and a state trooper were standing on the shoulder when a pickup truck lost control and knocked vehicles from the earlier accident into them. The trooper and motorcyclist suffered minor injuries.

"Regina was a great leader and officer," Capt. Paul Monger, USS Nimitz commanding officer, said in a tatement released by the Navy. "She was a leader and mentor not only to the sailors and officers in the air department but throughout the ship It would be difficult to find anyone aboard the Nimitz whose life or career here wasn't positively influenced by her.

"Tasked with ensuring optimum safety on board an aircraft carrier, an inherently dangerous environment, she died as the result of trying to assist a person faced with potential danger."



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