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FHP: U.S. Mail Carrier At Fault In Highway 29 Crash With Improper U-Turn
June 17, 2025
A rural mail carrier was at fault in a two vehicle crash Saturday morning on Highway 29, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report released on Tuesday morning.
The crash happened around 9:40 a.m. on Highway 29 northbound between Cox Road and Sigler Road north of McDavid.
FHP said the 54-year-old mail carrier was traveling south in the grass median, accroaching 2700 North Century Boulevard, when he made an improper U-turn or left turn from the grass median in front of oncoming traffic. The right side of his SUV collided with the left front of a sedan driven by an 18-year-old teen. The mail carrier’s SUV came to rest off the roadway, and the teen’s car rotated until it came to rest in the roadway.
Firefighters extricated the mail carrier from their vehicle following the crash. Both drivers were transported by Newman’s Ambulance and Escambia County EMS to area hospitals.
A representative of the U.S. Post Office in Century collected the mail for later delivery.
The Century and McDavid stations of Escambia County Fire Rescue and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash.
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4 Responses to “FHP: U.S. Mail Carrier At Fault In Highway 29 Crash With Improper U-Turn”
I’ve seen some mail carriers use appropriate right-hand-drive vehicles. Others have sit in the middle and lean left for controls and right for the mail boxes. There should be a way to assist rural mail carriers to get or rent RHD cars, old mail service vehicles, or have a partner do the driving.
Glad no one was killed here. From the looks of the damage that Honda was really moving. Good advice everywhere (but especially around here); always assume the other guy is going to do something crazy and prepare accordingly.
The carrier was using a steering stick. They aren’t the easiest things to use in an emergency maneuver.
Thank you for the update. I’m hoping the young person is ok and is not afraid to drive again. I was hit broadside when I was 17 and would lay down in the back seat when I had to go places with my mother. I was frightened for months.