{"id":13900,"date":"2016-01-26T09:17:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T14:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=13900"},"modified":"2016-01-26T09:17:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T14:17:27","slug":"video-update-officials-tree-involved-in-fatal-postal-worker-accident-regularly-checked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2016\/01\/26\/video-update-officials-tree-involved-in-fatal-postal-worker-accident-regularly-checked\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Update: Officials: Tree involved in fatal postal worker accident regularly checked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. &#8212; Officials in DeKalb County say a tree that fell onto a mail truck and killed a postal worker had been checked within the last six months.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said 36-year-old Decarlo Allen died Saturday when the tree hit his mail truck in Lithonia on Shadow Rock Drive. The Mystery Valley Golf Course had closed for the day. Allen was delivering the mail when he passed a grove of tall pine trees. One of the trees uprooted and fell toward the road on top of the mail truck, killing Allen instantly. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.11alive.com\/story\/news\/local\/decatur\/2016\/01\/25\/officials-tree-involved-fatal-postal-worker-accident-regularly-checked\/79310568\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"475\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isSlim=1\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=4721231794001&amp;playerID=2857340257001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAB_0PyCk~,_pBlGqvGs07peliXKyUvG14oYtXJQN9_&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isSlim=1\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashvars=\"videoId=4721231794001&amp;playerID=2857340257001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAB_0PyCk~,_pBlGqvGs07peliXKyUvG14oYtXJQN9_&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" width=\"475\" height=\"360\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" swliveconnect=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13901\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/tree-fell-georgia.jpg\" alt=\"tree-fell-georgia\" width=\"454\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/tree-fell-georgia.jpg 454w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/tree-fell-georgia-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. &#8212; Officials in DeKalb County say a tree that fell onto a mail truck and killed a postal worker had been checked within the last six months. Officials said 36-year-old Decarlo Allen died Saturday when the tree hit his mail truck in Lithonia on Shadow Rock Drive. 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