Overview
- Kansas City police say a USPS van and a gray Chevy Equinox collided at 30th Street and Benton Boulevard, flipping the van onto its side.
- The postal worker was partially ejected and died at the scene, according to police.
- Investigators recovered the abandoned Equinox after the driver fled on foot and have not identified that driver.
- Family members named the victim as 34-year-old Gerald Nevels, a longtime mail carrier remembered as hardworking and loved.
- Police asked anyone with information to call the Crimestoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477, and relatives said a nearby church’s cameras may aid the search.