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

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.

U.S. Army Cadet Command reported that 22-year-old Cadet Neil Edara from New Jersey died during training camp on the Land Navigation site on Fort Knox, Kentucky on July 24.