{"id":57181,"date":"2019-09-30T17:27:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T17:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/30\/truck-crash-kills-chief\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:42:12","slug":"truck-crash-kills-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/09\/30\/truck-crash-kills-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck crash kills chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An automobile crash earlier this month killed a chief who was on leave in Puerto Rico, according to Navy records and local media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Machinist\u2019s Mate Armando Rodriguez was driving a Nissan Titan pickup truck in the coastal city of Ponce late Sept. 9 when he lost control, crossed into the opposing lane of traffic and then struck a fence and tree, the newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.periodicolaperla.com\/mueren-dos-en-accidente-vehicular-en-la-pr-14-en-ponce\/\" target=_blank>La Perla Del Sur<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rodriguez, 34, was taken to the nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/metropavia.com\/hospital-metropolitano-dr-pila-ponce\/\" target=_blank>Hospital Metropolitano Dr. Pila<\/a> where he later died. One of his passengers also died and another in the backseat suffered minor injuries, according to La Perla Del Sur.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/09\/16\/motorcycle-accident-kills-petty-officer\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BLAKE-MAIN.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Motorcycle accident kills petty officer<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The fatal collision occurred just outside Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally from Ponce, Rodriguez served on board the Japan-based guided-missile destroyer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.public.navy.mil\/surfor\/ddg54\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=_blank>Curtis Wilbur<\/a> from late 2017 through Sept. 1, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had taken leave before reporting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnrc.navy.mil\/pages-nrd\/miami\/default.html\" target=_blank>Navy Recruiting District Miami<\/a>, said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.public.navy.mil\/NAVSAFECEN\/Pages\/statistics\/index.aspx\" target=_blank>Naval Safety Center<\/a> spokeswoman Stephanie Slater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rodriguez spoke of his love for the Navy in <a href=\"http:\/\/navyoutreach.blogspot.com\/2018\/04\/ponce-native-serves-with-us-navy-half.html\" target=_blank>a 2018 community outreach story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I\u2019m thankful for serving in the Navy, I don\u2019t know what I would have done otherwise,\u201d he said. \u201cIt opened the doors for my family and myself and built me into the person I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After graduating from Jardines De Ponce High School in 2003 Rodriguez enlisted in the Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He deployed to Iraq from 2009 to 2010 as an individual augmentee. 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