A Fort Carson soldier dies in a non-combat training accident in Colorado

A U.S. Army soldier stationed at the Fort Carson Army Post died in a training accident. First Lieutenant Zachary Galli was assigned to the 749th Ordnance Company, 242nd Explosive Ordnance Battalion (EOD) and 71st EOD Group at Fort Carson.

He died as a result of a training accident at the Joint Readiness Training Center.

“It is with an extremely heavy heart that I inform you of the passing of First Lt. Zachary Galli,” Col. Brennan Fitzgerald, commander of the 71st EOD, said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of the Galli family, the 749th EOD Co. and the greater EOD community.”

Galli, 23, was an explosive ordnance disposal officer from Williamsburg, Virginia.

The accident is being investigated.