CARBONDALE, Colo.- An accident involving a U.S. Postal Service worker shuts down westbound Highway 82, near Carbondale, for close two hours Thursday.

Officials say around 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, a 54-year-old female U.S. Postal Service worker, whose name is being held pending notification of her family, drove onto Highway 82 from Cerise Ranch Road and was struck by a 2007 GMC pickup traveling westbound on the highway.

Accident Involving U.S. Postal Worker Temporarily Shuts Down Highway 82 | KREX

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