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Illinois RCA killed on the route
QUINCY (WGEM) – Adams County Sheriff’s deputies have identified the victim of a fatal mail truck rollover crash Saturday night. Deputies said they responded to a single vehicle rollover accident on Herleman Road, south of Deer Road in Quincy around at 6:34 p.m.. They said the driver, 59-year-old USPS employee and Quincy resident Brian Vahlkamp, ... Read more
PA Rural Carrier in Greene County hit by vehicle, killed
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A mail carrier in Greene County was hit by a vehicle and killed on Monday afternoon, the coroner confirmed. Greene County Coroner Gene Rush said the mail carrier, 49-year-old Chad E. Varner of Spraggs, was hit after exiting his vehicle to deliver a package. The coroner said this happened at 180 ... Read more
Georgia rural carrier dies on the route from gunshot
The victim in the early morning shooting has succumbed to his injuries. The victim was a Rural Mail Carrier with the US Postal Service, out delivering mail. The victims name is being withheld at this time pending notification of next of kin. The Banks County Sheriff’s Office is working diligently alongside Postal Inspectors and the ... Read more
Postal worker (RCA) from Georgetown killed in Libuse crash
RAPIDES PARISH, La. (KALB) – A postal worker from Georgetown has died following a two-vehicle crash on Philadelphia Road in Libuse on Thursday, August 5. According to Louisiana State Police, Tara Parker, 41, was driving her postal service truck south on Philadelphia Road with another vehicle behind her. That vehicle attempted to pass but Parker shifted ... Read more
Highway 35 accident claims the life of rural mail carrier
UPDATE – Authorities have released the identity of a Norfolk woman who was killed in a two-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon. Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger said that Francine Wolff, 57, of Norfolk was pronounced dead at the scene. UPDATE: Victim identified in fatal Stanton County accident | News | norfolkdailynews.com HOSKINS, Neb. — One ... Read more
Mail carrier (RCA) killed in single-vehicle accident
Hopkinsville, KY – A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was killed in a single-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon on Herndon-Oak Grove Road. Christian County Coroner Scott Daniel identified the victim as 48-year old Robin Jean Kennedy of Clarksville, who was employed as a carrier for the Oak Grove post office. She had been headed east ... Read more