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Could a TikTok-ing trucker, questionable USPS contracts be to blame for a Missouri womans fiery death? [Video]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – Three weeks after a Missouri woman was killed in a head-on collision involving a semi-truck, a federal report reveals how a lax government vetting process, or lack thereof, may have allowed a risky trucker on the roadway.

Your money, and mail, could also be to blame.

Edith McKee, 59, of Sullivan died around 6:30 a.m. March 27th after a semi-truck heading westbound on I-44 in Franklin County veered off the roadway and plowed through cable barriers into the eastbound lanes. Both McKee’s vehicle and the semi immediately caught fire.

“The family is in shock,” Chip Gentry, attorney for McKee’s family, said. “She had just dropped her grandchild off at daycare.”

Authorities spent hours working to recover McKee’s body as the fire raged on. Meanwhile, authorities say the trucker escaped with minor injuries, telling officers on the scene he was hauling food in his trailer.

After putting out the fire, Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) told First Alert 4 the trucker was actually carrying …

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