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Acworth sailor killed in motorcycle crash in Japan

Airman 1st Class Gabriel Antonio Fuentes-Lebron and Navy Seaman Apprentice Savannah Cagle died Thursday in a motorcycle crash in Japan. (Credit: Facebook)
Airman 1st Class Gabriel Antonio Fuentes-Lebron and Navy Seaman Apprentice Savannah Cagle died Thursday in a motorcycle crash in Japan. (Credit: Facebook)
By Lauren Foreman
May 23, 2017

A Cobb County woman has been identified as one of two U.S. service members who were killed in a motorcycle crash in Japan.

Navy Seaman Apprentice Savannah Cagle was a 2015 Allatoona High School graduate, according to reports.

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Cagle and her boyfriend, Airman 1st Class Gabriel Antonio Fuentes-Lebron, were riding a motorcycle Thursday night when it collided with a car in Okinawa, the Stars and Stripes military publication reported. The motorcycle was thrown to the ground and smashed, according to the report.

Cagle and Fuentes-Lebron were taken to different hospitals.

Cagle, 20, was pronounced dead about 11:25 p.m., the paper reported. Fuentes-Lebron, 21, was pronounced dead about 12:15 a.m. Friday.

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