Postal worker killed after fiery crash in Plainwell

  • Source: WTVB-AM 1590
  • Published: 01/07/2020 05:46 AM

A postal worker near Plainwell was killed after a crash with another vehicle caused her truck to ignite in flames. Allegan County deputies say that a pickup truck hit the mail delivery vehicle at 12:26 p.m.. Monday, January 6th near the intersection of 10th Street and 106th Avenue in Gun Plain Township. After the pickup collided into the back of the mail vehicle it rolled over and caught on fire in a roadside ditch. Authorities say the female postal worker was killed in the incident, but the pickup's driver was uninjured. Firefighters from the Gun Plain Township department were dispatched to respond to the vehicle fire, and immediately closed off a portion of 10th Street to quell the blaze and clear wreckage. As of 4:15 p.m. the road was reopened after crews finished clean up efforts.



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