Oklahoma City letter carrier remains critical after falling on her head in driveway
BY ROBERT MEDLEY
Published: January 28, 2009
About 1,000 letter carriers have been braving icy streets and sidewalks to deliver mail this week in Oklahoma City, a U.S. Postal Service official said, and many have fallen.
But none as bad as a fall a carrier took Monday when she hit her head on an icy driveway, said
Sonya Dulan, customer service spokeswoman for the Oklahoma City Post Office. The carrier remained in critical condition Tuesday at
OU Medical Center.
She fell near a house at 2132 SW 25. Her name was not released.
Mike McClain, who lives at the house, said he looked out his window and saw firefighters had arrived to help the woman in his driveway. He opened his house to firefighters who took her inside before
Emergency Medical Services Authority paramedics arrived.
The woman was unconscious as firefighters tended to her in his living room, McClain said.
He said another neighbor called 911 after seeing her on the ground.
Sharon Gutierrez, who lives next door to McClain, said she saw the letter carrier on her back at the bottom of a wheelchair ramp off McClain’s front porch. She was not moving.
"When I looked outside the post lady was lying on the ground on the cement. She wasn’t moving,” Gutierrez said.
Firefighters had their own trouble on the icy driveway when they arrived, Joslin said.
David Lewin, Postal Service spokesman in
Houston, said people should try to make pathways clear of snow and ice if possible for carriers in winter weather. He said postal authorities will not release the carrier’s name to protect her privacy.
Sonya Dulan, customer relations officer for the Oklahoma City Post Office, said many carriers are wearing special shoes with cleats, but people should still try to clear walkways.
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