U.S. Navy veteran James Hofler, 84, was reportedly killed after being struck by a USPS delivery truck while checking his mailbox on May 19 ...

A routine walk to the mail box turned deadly for 84-year-old man, when he was backed over by a postal carrier van, according to investigators on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. It happened around 2 p.m.

84-year-old James Hofler reportedly died after being struck by a USPS vehicle in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina on May 19 The U.S. Navy veteran, who reportedly died in hospital on May 22, was ...

NEED TO KNOW. 84-year-old James Hofler reportedly died after being struck by a USPS vehicle in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina on May 19. The U.S. Navy veteran, who reportedly died in hospital on ...

James Hofler was taken to the Outer Banks Health Hospital in Nags Head and later “transferred to a higher-level medical facility” on the mainland, police said.

It happened around 2 p.m. Monday, May 19 in Kill Devil Hills, but James Hofler didn’t succumb to his injuries until May 22, the Kill Devil Hills Police said in a news release.

A postal service van ran over and killed an elderly man when he went outside to check his mail, police say. James Hofler, an 84-year-old Navy veteran from North Carolina, was crossing the street to ...

It happened around 2 p.m. Monday, May 19 in Kill Devil Hills, but James Hofler didn’t succumb to his injuries until May 22, the Kill Devil Hills Police said in a news release.