Access North Georga -- A Georgia Army National Guard sergeant has been killed in an accident in Kuwait.

Sgt. Chuck Gillican III, 35, was a member of the Brunswick-based 118th Field Artillery, a part of the 48th Brigade Combat Team, which is deploying to Iraq. Gillican died Saturday.

Gillican apparently was killed in Kuwait in a collision between a 32-ton Paladin howitzer and a 70-ton tank recovery vehicle. He was part of the brigade's advance party.

Gillican's father, Charles Gillican, said he was informed of his son's death shortly after midnight Saturday by a chaplain and an officer who came to his home.

"I heard the knock on the door. I looked out and I saw the men in uniform. I knew exactly what it was," he said.

Gillican is survived by a wife, Tammi, two stepdaughters and a daughter, his father said.