FOUNTAINTOWN, Ind. (AP) – Authorities say an employee of the United States Postal Service has died after an accident while out making deliveries in central Indiana.

Indiana State Police say the accident happened Sunday afternoon in Fountaintown, an unincorporated community in Shelby County that's southeast of Indianapolis. According to police, the U.S. Postal Service employee was driving a postal truck when it crashed.

The employee's name has not been released.