VMI cadet dies after training march
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By the Associated Press
Saturday, November 7, 2009; 4:56 PM
LEXINGTON, Va. -- A Virginia Military Institute freshman has died after completing a 10-mile road march.
VMI officials said 19-year-old John Alexander Evans of Highland, Md., collapsed in his barracks room after completing the training march with other members of his class Saturday. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital shortly after noon.
Evans was an international studies major and member of the Marine ROTC program.
The medical examiner will determine what caused Evans' death.
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