Neil Edara, a Rutgers University cadet from Ridgewood, New Jersey, died after he became unresponsive during a land navigation training in Kentucky.

An Army ROTC cadet died during summer training at Fort Knox in Kentucky, according to the U.S. Army Cadet Command. Neil Edara, a 22-year-old student at Rutgers University from Ridgewood, New Jersey, died on July 24 while attending a Cadet Summer Training at Fort Knox, officials said in a statement over the weekend.

Neil Edara, a 22-year-old Ridgewood native who joined Rutgers University's ROTC in 2021, was in the middle of the land navigation training at the Kentucky base when he became unresponsive.