RIVERDALE, Ga. — An employee with the United States Postal Service is recovering from a fiery crash that happened in Riverdale on Tuesday, according to police and the mail service.
It happened around 11 a.m. on Taylor Road, according to the Riverdale Police Department. The woman driving the USPS truck was firing south on the road when she told officers that a "funny" smell was coming from the vehicle.
That's when she tried to stop the car, telling police that the truck went out of control, forcing her into oncoming traffic. This is when the front end of the mail truck hit the front of a Toyota Sequoia.
A witness at the scene told 11Alive's Cody Alcorn that the USPS truck was swerving on the road, coming directly at them. The driver then tried to overcorrect, crossed the lane and hit an SUV head-on.
The witness said they and a dump truck driver hopped out to pull the postal worker from her car as it erupted in flames. A woman was also pulled from the SUV by a witness, and they reported she passed out but woke up, speaking a short time later.
USPS confirmed the crash in a statement to 11Alive. USPS said its employee was being treated and that "local postal officials are assessing the items that may have been in the vehicle."