Army specialist dies after vehicle strikes utility pole on Okinawa

A U.S. soldier assigned to Kadena Air Base was killed Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, when his black Mazda Axela, seen here the next day at Okinawa Police Station, crossed the median and struck a concrete utility pole. (Mari Higa/Stars and Stripes)

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A soldier assigned to an air defense unit at Kadena Air Base died Sunday morning when his car crashed just south of Aeon Mall Okinawa Rycom, according to the Army and Japanese police.

Spc. Izaiah Sneed, 27, a petroleum . . .