CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — A United States Postal Service mail carrier is recovering at home after being involved in a violent crash last week.
Andre Bernard, 35, was hospitalized after the crash on Tuesday.
“They came straight into me, so I just braced myself for impact, held my seatbelt ― boom ― that was it,” he said. “I woke up on the ground.”
Bernard says he is very sore, walks with a limp and is covered with road rashes, deep cuts and needed stitches on his right arm.
He told Local 10’s Sanela Sabovic he was trying to make a U-turn when another driver hit him.
The crash happened in the area of Southwest 16th Street and Fourth Avenue in Fort Lauderdale.
The impact ejected Bernard from his postal truck.
He remembers waking up on the ground and neighbors rushing in to help him out.
Cell phone video shows Bernard on the street with people tending to him, pieces of mail and glass shards scattered all over the roadway.
He was rushed to Broward Health Medical Center for treatment.
Bernard said he’s never had anything like this happen before.
The father of three small children is thankful to be alive and to be spending this time recovering with them.
“It means a lot because I feel like I have a second chance at life,” he said. “Home with kids, stay strong and keep going.”
Bernard will be out of work for 45 days or so.
He said he is so thankful to all of the residents in the neighborhood who rushed in to help him out.
For those who wish to assist Bernard during his recovery, visit Bernard’s GoFundMe page.
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