1/23/16  Lithonia, GA – A postal worker was killed Saturday after a tree fell onto his vehicle at a DeKalb County golf course.

DeKalb County fire Capt. Eric Jackson said the male postal worker was driving on the premises of Lithonia’s Mystery Valley Golf Club when, around 12:30 p.m., a tree “that appeared to be in poor health” fell from the side of the roadway and struck him. The vehicle careened off the road, down a short hillside and into another tree.

The impact from the falling tree likely caused the postal worker’s death, Jackson said. Wind likely contributed to knocking the tree down, Jackson said, but the snow and ice that blanketed metro Atlanta earlier in the day were not immediately believed to be factors. Postal worker killed after tree hits vehicle at DeKalb golf course

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The tree fell just as the mailman was driving to the clubhouse to deliver letters.

Dekalb County Fire Captain, Eric Jackson, said the mailman saw the tree falling and tried to swerve, but was unable to get away from it.

The fire department said the tree that killed the mailman broke off at the base, which likely means it was damaged by wind over time. Tree falls, killing mailman at golf course