Army officer killed by reversing Warrior with faulty alarm - inquest
Summary
An inquest heard that Second Lt Max George, 26, died during a training exercise on Salisbury Plain in 2022 after a Warrior armoured vehicle reversed into him. The vehicle’s alarm for open rear doors had been faulty since 2018, and an officer leading a service inquiry said the driver would almost certainly have stopped if it had sounded.Key Facts
- George died at the scene on 21 June 2022 during an exercise on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.
- The inquest heard that George had left the vehicle through a rear door and was reaching for his weapon when the student commander ordered the Warrior to reverse.
- A wire was broken in the alarm system, which was designed to alert the driver when the rear doors were open.
- Lt Col Graham Watson said the driver would almost certainly have stopped if the alarm had sounded.
- The inquest heard that soldiers shouted and sounded horns after the vehicle struck George, and that the vehicle remained stationary for 38 to 43 seconds.
- The Warrior model involved was an FV-511, which was not ordinarily used for disembarking troops and close combat.
- Watson told the inquest that personnel in 5 Rifles were not very familiar with the FV-511 and its differences from the FV-510.
- The inquest is ongoing at Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner's Court.
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