On October 18th, local time, while U.S. Vice President Vance attended the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, California, a highway patrol vehicle in his security convoy was hit by fragments of military exercise shells.

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) said the incident occurred during a demonstration of real-life ammunition exercises and no one was injured, but the vehicles were damaged.

The safety car was hit by debris, and the motorcycle was also affected.

The incident occurred shortly after the guards just escorted Wans arrived at the scene of the event.The California Road Patrol said the bullets originated from an explosive ammunition launched in the air on California Interstate Road 5, which ¡°exploded in the air in advance, hitting and damaging a police car.¡±

During the exercise, a bullet was found on the cover of the Wansan engine.

The California Highway Patrol reported that the live-fire exercise at the event was originally scheduled to last until 1:51 p.m., with about 60 rounds of artillery shells planned to be fired. At the time of the accident, the California Highway Patrol was assisting in diverting traffic along Interstate 5 near the military camp after completing security work in Vance. One shell fired north from White Beach during the exercise "failed to cross the road and exploded during flight near the southbound lane of Interstate 5." After the accident, the California Highway Patrol notified Marine Corps personnel to cancel the unfinished live-fire shooting exercise plan, and the surrounding area also carried out law enforcement cleanup.

The U.S. Marine Corps said in a statement that during the U.S. Marine Corps amphibious combat capabilities demonstration held at Camp Pendleton on October 18, a 155-mm artillery shell may have exploded in the air outside the designated strike range.

¡ø On October 18, local time, Vance attended the 250th anniversary of the founding of the US Marine Corps

Tony Coronado, head of the California Highway Patrol's Border Division, said in a statement: "This accident is unusual and worrying; live-fire or explosive training activities over normally operating highways are rare. I have great respect for our military partners, but my first responsibility is to ensure the safety of the people of California and the police officers who protect them."

The U.S. Marine Corps emphasized the safety of the exercise: "This exercise has undergone a rigorous safety assessment and carefully designed layers of safety measures to ensure the safety of citizens. According to established safety regulations, the shooting exercise is suspended. Relevant investigations have been launched."

California Governor: 'Reckless Move'

Busy highways are closed, causing traffic jams

California Governor Newton, on the other hand, ironically argued that a real-time bombing exercise on California¡¯s busiest highway was ¡°a reckless move¡± and that ¡°the next time the Vice President and the White House shouldn¡¯t risk people¡¯s lives so recklessly for a vanity project.¡±

Newsom also said that the Trump administration should apologize for this incident. He revealed that the White House had also accused him of closing Interstate 5 without letting him do so, and claimed that "the Marine Corps has repeatedly said that military demonstrations will not cause public safety problems".

¡ø Expressway traffic control during exercise

During the days prior to the exercise, Newson has criticized the White House for failing to coordinate or share security information before the Naval Corps celebration, while federal government officials insisted the exercise was safe and there was no need to shut down the highway.

According to reports, the California government was only informed that morning that it planned to fire live ammunition on the highway during the afternoon exercise. California Highway Patrol officials then urged the highway to be closed. The closed highway, the main highway between Los Angeles and San Diego, caused a large traffic jam.

In addition to Vice President Wences, U.S. Defense Secretary Hergez took part in the exercise.

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