Trisha Palmer

NAPOLEON, Ohio — A Swanton woman was killed Tuesday when the U.S. postal vehicle she drove collided with a dump truck in Henry County’s Richfield Township, sheriff’s deputies said.

Trisha Palmer, 35, was northbound on Township Road 3 about 10:30 a.m. and did not stop for a stop sign at County Road L, colliding with the westbound dump truck driven by Jeffrey Halliwell, 47, of Paulding, Ohio.

Ms. Palmer, who was not wearing a seat belt, was thrown from her vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene, deputies said. Mr. Halliwell, who wore a seat belt, was treated at Henry County Hospital.

PR note: Palmer is a rural carrier associate at the Grand Rapids post office.
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