A Dripping Springs native and 2021 graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Hailey Hodsden, 24, died on Aug. 1 during a training accident in Grafenwoehr, Germany.
Hodsden was serving as a Scout Platoon Leader in the 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regimen and was traveling in a Stryker military vehicle when a civilian semi-truck struck the vehicle as it merged onto Autobahn 93, according to a press release from the U.S. Army.
Hodsden was a commissioned armor officer who had been in the unit for little over a year at the time of the accident. Civilian medical personnel treated and transported her to a local hospital, where the medical staff pronounced she had died. No other soldiers traveling in the vehicle received injuries. The press release also stated the incident is under investigation.
