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The family of a commanding officer at CFB Petawawa in Ontario will make a statement this morning just a few days after Lt.-Col. Daniel Bobbitt died in a training incident in Alberta.
The commanding officer of the 2nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery based in Petawawa died Wednesday after an LAV III rolled over during Exercise Maple Resolve 2014. Four others were injured in the incident at Wainwright, about 200 kilometres southeast of Edmonton.
Two of the soldiers injured in the rollover were flown to a hospital in Edmonton, where they were in fair condition. The other two were treated at the base and released.
Bobbitt, a father of three, had 23 years of military experience, including two tours of duty in Bosnia and also in Afghanistan.
His family will hold a news conference at CFB Petawawa, where Bobbitt was based, at 11 a.m. ET Friday, according to a news release from the Department of National Defence.
Brig.-Gen. Omer Lavoie says the investigation continues into the armoured-vehicle rollover that killed Lt.-Col. Daniel Bobbitt and injured four other soldiers. (CBC)
On Thursday, Bobbitt's fellow soldiers at CFB Petawawa and Garrison Wainwright remembered him as a dedicated professional and devoted father.
Brig.-Gen. Omer Lavoie, confirming authority for the exercise, said the rollover is still under investigation but the vehicle was travelling over rough terrain at the time.
Training exercises were suspended after the death, but resumed Thursday morning.
Officers from the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service, a high-level police unit, have also been deployed to Garrison Wainwright to look into the incident.
Lavoie said the military has not taken any extra precautions following the incident, but stressed it already has strict safety procedures for training with armoured vehicles.
Lavoie also said the Canadian Forces is "a small family" and Bobbitt's death has shocked his fellow soldiers, but they are committed to continuing the training.
Bobbitt's military career began in Nova Scotia, where he enlisted as a soldier in the reserves in 1988. He transferred to the regular forces and became an officer, later serving as the senior instructor, field artillery, at the Royal Canadian Artillery School.
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