A United States Postal Service (USPS) truck and an SUV crashed in Miami Beach on Friday, resulting in at least two hospitalizations.
Local10.com reports that the crash occurred in the vicinity of 77th Street and Dickens Avenue at approximately 1:00 p.m.
TRAFFIC ALERT: MBPD is investigating a traffic crash at 77 Street/Dickens Avenue involving a Range Rover and USPS vehicle. Two occupants of the USPS vehicle have been transported to the hospital.
— Miami Beach Police (@MiamiBeachPD) April 9, 2021
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According to Ernesto Rodriguez, spokesman for Miami Beach Police, two people traveling in the mail truck were injured. First responders transported one of the victims to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center and the other to Mount Sinai Medical Center. The condition of the victim was not immediately disclosed.
An image of the crash shows the mail truck and the Range Rover in the middle of the street, with the mail truck overturned on his side.
It was not immediately clear what led to the crash or which party was at fault.