Memorial Tonight For West Point Cadet Killed In Rollover Crash

click to expand

WEST ORANGE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - There will be a memorial Tuesday evening for the West Point cadet killed in last Thursday's vehicle accident during a training exercise.

Cadet Christopher Morgan was killed in a truck rollover at West Point on June 6, 2019. (credit: U.S. Military Academy)

Christopher J. Morgan, 22, of West Orange, N.J. died due to injuries sustained in the crash.

The service will be held at the West Orange High School at 7 p.m.

Morgan was a law and legal studies major and a recruited member of the Army wrestling team.

Nineteen other cadets and two soldiers were injured in the rollover incident.