Mail truck explodes on Kansas City street
Neighbors in one Kansas City, Missouri, neighborhood are still rattled after watching a mail truck explode on their street. Neighbors did say there have been past issues with this delivery driver, so they were not surprised.
The stunned neighbors on N. Marston Ave. watched helplessly as the fully engulfed the government vehicle rolled backwards down the street. Miraculously, the mail truck came to a stop on a neighbor’s lawn before hitting another car or house.
“This guy’s extremely lucky that nobody got hurt including himself,” Brian Riley said.
Fire crews were on the scene in minutes, extinguishing a heap of burning metal, plastic, and whatever mail and packages were still inside.
Before the blast, Riley’s Nest camera captured the mail truck spinning its wheels for ten to 15 minutes, in a seemingly futile climb up the icy hill. He believes a blown tire sparked the explosion.
“He was just pushing it beyond insanity and you could just tell the way he was going he was getting more and more mad the whole time,” he said.
A spokesperson for the postal service says the fire is under investigation and the driver is okay. Riley and his neighbors say they’ve registered complaints, in the past, with this mail carrier.
The postal service said customers in that area will receive a letter addressing any concerns about mail that may have been lost and apologizing to them for the inconvenience.
