New York ( CNN ) -- Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw and his wife were involved in a three-vehicle accident Friday in which one person died , a network spokeswoman said . The accident happened about 1 p.m. on New York 's Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx , spokeswoman Jenny Tartikoff said in a statement . Brokaw and his wife , Meredith , were not injured , she said . The accident occurred when an SUV swerved to avoid a spool of wire that had fallen from a truck and slammed into a 7-ton U.S. postal truck , said Peter Rendina , a spokesman for the U.S . Postal Inspection Service . Brokaw , who was driving behind the postal truck , hit the rear of the truck , Rendina said . The driver of the SUV was thrown from her vehicle and killed , according to Rendina . The newsman and his wife waited at the crash scene until postal inspectors arrived , Rendina said . `` According to our inspectors , Brokaw did nothing wrong , just in the wrong place at the wrong time , '' he said . `` Tom and Meredith are greatly saddened by this loss of life , '' the Brokaw statement said . New York police confirmed that one person was killed in an accident on the expressway involving an SUV , a postal truck and a possible third vehicle . No other details were released .
Brokaw not at fault , U.S . Postal Inspection Service spokesman says . Accident occurs when SUV swerves to avoid spool of cable on the road , hits postal truck . Brokaw , who was driving behind the postal truck , hit rear of that vehicle , spokesman says .