Phoenix postal worker dies after mail truck gets hit from behind, catches fire
Nov 3, 2021, 1:15 PM
The U.S. Postal Service signaled plans Tuesday for a rate increase that includes hiking the cost of a first-class stamp from 68 cents to 73 cents. (Facebook Photo/US Postal Service)
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PHOENIX – A United States Postal Service worker was killed Tuesday when his mail truck was struck from behind and caught fire on a Phoenix street, authorities said.
The postal vehicle was pulled over next to a mailbox on 52nd Street near McDowell Road when a southbound box truck hit it around 6:15 p.m., the Phoenix Police Department said in a press release Wednesday.
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The postal worker, 59-year-old Michael Blanton, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The truck driver, an unidentified 35-year-old man, was hospitalized with serious injuries.
Police said there were no preliminary signs of impairment for either man.
No other information was immediately available.
