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OPERATOR OF MV 1 WHICH IS A USPS MAIL TRUCK STATED HE HAD JUST DROPPED OFF A PACKAGE AT A HOUSE ON RIVER ST AND HAD CONTINUED STRAIGHT TRAVELING EAST ON RIVER STREET WHEN MV 2 (WHO WAS TRAVELING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION) TURNED LEFT FROM RIVER ST ONTO ELM ST CUTTING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM. HE STATED THAT DUE TO THE SUDDEN TURN HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME AND HIS FRONT BUMPER COLLIDED WITH HER PASSENGER SIDE. MV 1 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AN D NO INJURIES REPORTED. OPERATOR OF MV 1 ALSO STATED HE HAD SLOWED DOWN DUE TO A PEDESTRIAN WHO WAS CROSSING THE STREET ON ELM ST. OPERATOR OF MV 2 STATED THAT SHE WAS TRAVELING ON RIVER STREET AND TURNED LEFT TRYING TO GO SOUTH ON ELM ST AND MV 1 CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND STRUCK HER PASSENGER SIDE. OPERATOR OF MV2 STATED SHE BELIEVED MV 1 WAS SPEEDING. MODERATE DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE PASSENGER SIDE, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY AAA AND NO INJURIES REPORTED. I ADVISED THE OPERATOR OF MV 2 THAT SHE NEEDED TO BE SURE TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR BEFORE TURNING LEFT.