Cadet Neil Edara, a Rutgers student from Ridgewood, was training at Fort Knox when he became unresponsive, the Army ROTC said.

A 22-year-old Army ROTC cadet died during summer training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, officials said in a statement over the weekend.

Neil Edara, a 22-year-old Ridgewood native who joined Rutgers University's ROTC in 2021, was in the middle of the land navigation training at the Kentucky base when he became unresponsive.