On Saturday afternoon, August 8, an accident left a postal worker seriously injured.
According to police, the accident happened at around 5 p.m. at the U.S. Postal facility at 24 Research Parkway in Wallingford adjacent to one of the loading docks. Postal worker 52 year old Glenn Ford of Wallingford was hit by a 2007 International 4000 series box truck being driven by 46 year old Joseph Gallo of West Haven, which was trying to back into one of the docks. Having knocked him down, the truck then ran over him with its rear wheels. He was then taken to Yale New Haven hospital with serious injuries.
Gallo remained on the scene and cooperated with police and officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) who are still carrying out the investigation. So far no charges have been filed.
The truck is registered to FMP Transport LLC in East Haven, which is a contractor for the postal service.
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