YORKTOWN, Va. — A sailor at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown was killed Sunday evening after falling overboard into the York River, Navy officials said
A spokesperson for the station said it happened on a harbor security boat shortly after 8 p.m. Sailors were undergoing security boat training and familiarization on the river when 22-year-old Master at Arms Petty Officer Third Class Lyndon Joel Cosgriff-Flax accidentally fell overboard. He died from his injuries.
The Navy said Cosgriff-Flax was from Wichita, Kansas, and enlisted in the Navy in 2021. He had been assigned to NWS Yorktown since February 2022.
The sailor's death remains under investigation.