ALLEGAN COUNTY, Mich. — UPDATE: The suspect driver in this case has been charged and arraigned on one count of Moving Violation Causing Death. The case will now be turned over to the Allegan County District Court for further proceedings. The suspect driver was identified as Spencer Evan Baird, a 36 year old male from the Plainwell area.
A U.S. Postal Service truck caught fire January 6, after being rear ended by a pickup truck in Allegan County. The woman driving the Postal Service vehicle died at the scene.
The Allegan County Sheriff's Office said around 12:25 p.m. a pickup truck heading south on 10th Street in Gun Plains Township crashed into the back of the postal vehicle. The postal worker, identified as 55-year-old Shelia Rackley of Martin, was delivering mail into a mailbox at the time of the crash.
When police arrived to the scene, they found the pickup truck in the road and the postal truck fully engulfed in flames in a ditch. The vehicle was completely destroyed by the fire and the driver was found in the wreckage after the fire was extinguished.
Neither drugs or alcohol are believed to be factors in the crash, but investigators will conduct toxicology testing. The driver of the pickup was wearing a seat belt and was not injured. Police said because of the extensive damage to the mail truck, they could not determine if the postal worker was wearing a seat belt.
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