On Monday, November 18, 2024, a U.S. Postal Service worker tragically lost their life after their mail truck was struck by a vehicle in Santa Rosa, according to police reports.
Santa Rosa authorities received an alert at approximately 5 p.m. regarding a GMC SUV being driven erratically and at a high rate of speed near Corrigan Street and North Point Parkway. The SUV subsequently collided with a stationary mail truck, where the postal worker was attending to their duties outside the vehicle.
Sadly, the postal carrier was pronounced dead at the scene, and their identity has not yet been disclosed.
The elderly driver of the GMC was taken to the hospital following the incident. The vehicle came to a stop in a nearby residential yard. Police indicated that the driver experienced a medical emergency, and they confirmed that neither drugs nor alcohol were factors contributing to the crash.