11/24 11:49 AM: A San Francisco postal worker who died after apparently suffering a medical problem and falling from his truck Monday was identified today by the U.S. Postal Service as 50-year-old Jian Cao.
Cao was on his route Monday when, at about 4:45 p.m., he collapsed and fell from his truck near the intersection of 21st Avenue and Clement Street, police said.
Cao had worked for the Postal Service in San Francisco for about eight years and begun his route in the Richmond District about three months ago, postal service spokesman James Wigdel said.
“We’re all, of course, very saddened by the news,” Wigdel said.
Cao’s truck traveled about half a block after Cao fell out, police said. A nearby business owner said the truck rolled down the wrong side of the street and crashed into a minivan.
His exact cause of death has not yet been determined, Wigdel said.
11/24 7:50 AM: A mail carrier died Monday after apparently suffering a medical problem and falling from his truck in San Francisco’s Richmond District, police said.
Police Lt. Lyn Tomioka said officers were called to the area of 21st Avenue and Clement Street at about 4:45 p.m. in response to multiple reports of an unconscious mail carrier.
Tomioka said that after the man fell out of the truck, the driverless vehicle traveled about half a block.
Albert Levy, owner of Aladdin Rugs on the corner of Clement and 21st, said the truck rolled down the wrong side of the street and crashed into a minivan.
Levy said he did not know the mail carrier. “He was not our regular mailman,” he said.
11/23 5:57 PM: San Francisco police officers are responding to the Richmond District tonight where a mail carrier apparently fell out of his truck and the driverless vehicle crashed into a parked car.
Police Lt. Lyn Tomioka said officers were called to the area of 21st Avenue and Clement Street at about 4:45 p.m. in response to reports of an unconscious mail carrier. He was taken to a local hospital.
Albert Levy, owner of Aladdin Rugs on the corner of Clement and 21st, said the mail carrier fell out of the truck, apparently suffering from a medical problem.
When he fell, Levy said, the truck kept going without a driver, traveling about half a block on the wrong side of the street and crashing into a minivan.
Levy said he did not know the man.
“He was not our regular mailman,” Levy said.
