SAVANNAH -- A 67-year-old customer at a post office in Savannah was killed Saturday morning when a car crashed into the Eisenhower Drive Post Office.

SAVANNAH — A 67-year-old customer at a post office in Savannah was killed Saturday morning when a car crashed into the Eisenhower Drive Post Office.

The crash resulted in one death and three injuries.

According to the Savannah Police Department, An 82-year-old woman was attempting to park her Toyota Corolla in the parking lot at the post office at about 11:45 a.m. when she mistakenly hit the gas instead of the brake.mThis resulted in the vehicle jumping the curb and driving through a glass window in the front of the building.

The vehicle struck three customers and one employee who were in building. 67-yea-old Jessie Allen, who was a customer, died as a result of her injuries.

Two other customers — 65-year-old Clyde Wilson, and 64-year-old Glendora Baldwin, and an employee, 33-year-old Chantel Manley, were transported to a hospital for treatment.

Wilson sustained serious injuries. The driver was not injured. The crash was determined to be accidental and the investigation is on-going.


SAVANNAH -- A 67-year-old customer at a post office in Savannah was killed Saturday morning when a car crashed into the Eisenhower Drive Post Office.
Thom Chandler

Thom Chandler is the editor of The Georgia Sun and has been writing, editing and managing websites and blogs since 1995. He is a lifelong Georgian and one of those increasingly rare Atlanta natives.