NewsAugust 21, 2007
Postal worker dies in Southwest Missouri floodwaters
LEBANON, Mo. (AP) -- A postal worker in Laclede County is dead after his delivery truck was swept off a bridge by rushing floodwaters. Sheriff Richard Wrinkle says U.S. Postal Service officials became concerned after 51-year-old Steve Allee of Stoutland didn't return from his rural route Monday afternoon...
LEBANON, Mo. (AP) -- A postal worker in Laclede County is dead after his delivery truck was swept off a bridge by rushing floodwaters.
Sheriff Richard Wrinkle says U.S. Postal Service officials became concerned after 51-year-old Steve Allee of Stoutland didn't return from his rural route Monday afternoon.
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Searchers found Allee's body more than a mile downstream from his vehicle and the bridge.
Flooding caused by six to 12 inches of rain damaged homes, washed out roads and bridges, stranded motorists and left one small town temporarily cut off.
Michael A. Landis, KTTS: http://www.ktts.com
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