{"id":26324,"date":"2019-05-05T10:01:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T15:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=26324"},"modified":"2019-05-05T10:01:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T15:01:37","slug":"family-mourns-father-of-three-fatally-struck-by-usps-truck-in-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/05\/05\/family-mourns-father-of-three-fatally-struck-by-usps-truck-in-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Family mourns father of three fatally struck by USPS truck in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/cdn2.trb.tv\/iframe.html?ec=cxb2VxaDE6hctEWC2PYflVyGypLVcuwg&amp;pbid=71fea79861d14fce867bc2d59a66edd8&amp;pcode=hpOTQyOnmbX84Mb9rpsdJwTfN9uo\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn \u2014 A family is grieving after a father of three was struck and killed by a U.S. Postal Service truck in Brooklyn Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Family told PIX11 News that 52-year-old Charles McClean was leaving a corner store Friday when the USPS truck began to accelerate, struck McClean and dragged his body, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video released by police shows McClean using a crosswalk to walk across MacDougal Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where the postal truck was stopped at Howard Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>McClean&#8217;s family members said McClean leaves behind three children, including two young twin daughters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The doctor said the body parts were shifted on the other side,&#8221; McClean&#8217;s older brother Gregory McClean told PIX11. &#8220;It was too severe for them to [do] CPR, to revive him, because of the impact of the truck,&#8221; he added. <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/2019\/05\/04\/family-mourns-father-of-three-fatally-struck-by-us-postal-service-truck-in-brooklyn\/\">PIX 11<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26308\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/USPS-Truck-Kills-Man-in-Brooklyn-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/USPS-Truck-Kills-Man-in-Brooklyn-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/USPS-Truck-Kills-Man-in-Brooklyn-86x54.jpg 86w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/USPS-Truck-Kills-Man-in-Brooklyn-122x74.jpg 122w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/USPS-Truck-Kills-Man-in-Brooklyn-120x74.jpg 120w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/USPS-Truck-Kills-Man-in-Brooklyn.jpg 506w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn \u2014 A family is grieving after a father of three was struck and killed by a U.S. Postal Service truck in Brooklyn Friday evening. 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