A United States Postal Service worker was rescued by fire crews in Ames after the carrier truck was overcome by flood waters Thursday afternoon, according to a tweet by the Ames Tribune.
Emergency responders paddled a raft to rescue the employee and a range of packages at the Grand Avenue overpass, as seen in a video captured by the Ames Tribune.
Fire crews rescue a caught Post Office worker and the mail in the flooded Grand Avenue overpass pic.twitter.com/lIwljt7wX8
— Ames Trib News (@AmesTribNews) June 14, 2018