u.s. marines who died friday in a nato training accident in norway. let s go straight to cnn s arlette saenz at the white house. the marine corps is confirming the death of four marines in a nato training exercise just south of bodo, norway, on friday. the norwegian prime minister made this announcement over the weekend, but this is the first confirmation of these deaths. all four marines were part of marine medium tilt roader squaderate 261. it was captain matthew tomkowitz, 27 years old. captain ross a. reynolds of massachusetts. also 27 years old. gunnery sergeant james speedy of cambridge, ohio. 30 years old, and corporal jacob m. moore, 24 years old. the marines have said the deceased have been successfully removed from the site and are in the process of being returned to
reporter: that s right, fred. the u.s. marine corps is confirming four u.s. marines were involved in a training accident as part of this military exercise nato has been conducting in norway. the accident occurred when their osprey was heading towards a village in the arctic circle, and very little is known about what exactly caused that crash, but statements from the norwegian authorities appear to suggest that the weather was a major factor as rescue teams tried to reach the site of that crash. they had a lot of difficulty getting there because of really bad weather conditions, because of heavy snow, heavy rain, and even an avalanche warning. obviously that contributed, they say, to the crash here. and, you know, the u.s. marine corps has not confirmed yet that these marines did die. they say their status currently is being investigated, but the norwegian authorities did say that the norwegian prime minister did say those marines had been killed. we have a tweet from the u.s. ambass
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