A U.S. Navy officer, Lt. Ridge Hanneman Alkonis, convicted of negligent driving resulting in the deaths of two Japanese citizens, must serve his three-year prison term, an appellate court ruled.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Bailey Gorman died at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu of injuries he received in Yokosuka, Japan, according to his obituary.
Lt. Ridge Alkonis was driving with his family on May 29, 2021, when he crashed into pedestrians and parked vehicles at a soba restaurant parking lot about two hours from Yokosuka Naval Base.
For two hours Wednesday, teams of Japanese and American first responders rehearsed what they need to do to contain a leak of radioactive coolant from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.