RICHMOND, Va. — An employee with the United States Postal Service tells CBS 6 Problem Solvers she’s been unable to work for weeks after a traumatizing incident on the job and she’s not getting workers’ compensation while on medical leave.

The incident occurred on April 19, a day that started out like any ordinary day on Wanda Bennett’s route. The 20-year postal service employee was on her delivery route on E. Grace Street when she had an encounter with a man police describe as mentally ill.

“He had a bible in his hand, and I said, ‘I don’t have your mail.’ He went to walk away… he said ‘God told me you’re lying, and you have my mail. He said let me get my stick. I went to run inside the vehicle. He saw me running and he jumped on the vehicle,” Bennett recalled.

“When I was 16 my older sister was murdered by a mentally ill person. She was eight months pregnant and he killed her and her unborn child,” said Bennett. “So, this took me back then because it had me actually thinking if he had that stick… All I could think about was if he had that stick, I probably wouldn’t be here to tell you this story.” More at WTVR