USPS customers demand answers after overturned truck leaves mail strewn across highway and causes major delivery delays

Infuriated consumers have blasted the USPS for anticipated delivery delays brought on by an overturned truck.

Although no injuries were reported, a picture of the event shows the truck on its side with mail on the shoulder and all over the road.

When it overturned, the truck was traveling to Alturas, California, which is located in the state’s extreme northeast.

The top of the truck stayed closed as it flipped, preventing significant damage to the mail within.

But before the mail could be delivered, workmen had to take off the top of the truck in order to remove it and put it on the shoulder.

Further delays resulted from having to ship the letters and packages back to a Reno distribution center before being rerouted for delivery.

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According to Sierra Daily News, the extent of the damage is still being determined.

While waiting for mail, a number of customers checked to see if their items would be delayed.

According to Garrett Shoemaker’s Facebook post, “I had two packages that were on that truck and still got delivered yesterday,”

“The USPS retapped my parcel, but it was damaged and covered in gravel and road grime. used the USPS website to file a claim for damaged parcels. I hope the driver is safe and unharmed, once more.

The condition of the drivers who drive these mail trucks worries a lot of people.

“I’m not at all surprised! These drivers are absolutely awful! The user commented, “This isn’t the first time one has gone off the road.”

Another USPS customer stated that they were not shocked by the occurrence because they frequently receive late goods in their hometown.

“I have had many conversations with UPS bought my dissatisfaction with not getting my packages delivered as they used to be,” they stated.

“Our local PO has a very hard time with the number of parcels that UPS hands over to them,” they stated.

A request for comment from The U.S. Sun was not answered by the USPS.

USPS’ Full Statement to Fox’s Atlanta affiliate

Regarding the matter, the US Postal Service issued the following statement:

“The Postal Service takes the safety and integrity of the mail very seriously, even when it comes to shipping goods across Georgia and the country. In this particular case, a contractor-operated vehicle—not a USPS employee—unintentionally spilled some of its load onto the highway.

“It was determined that the load’s contents could not be delivered to its intended location. The Postal Service uses contracted services and adheres to certain protocols to verify and get rid of this kind of content. There was no mail or delivery-destined packages on the car.

“Once alerted to the situation, local postal officials dispatched personnel to retrieve all dropped material.”

Source: WAGA, Fox’s local affiliate in Atlanta

HIGHWAY HAVOC

This is not the first time that USPS has recently found itself in a precarious situation.

This week, a piece of paper struck Pastor Male Atkins’ windshield while he was traveling on a highway in Atlanta, Georgia.

The pastor noticed thousands of pieces of mail strewn along the side of I-285 when he peered across the highway.

According to Atkins, “it was thousands of people’s mail – IDs, driver’s licenses, mortgage payments, urns, ashes,” ABC’s local Atlanta station WAGA said.

Atkins called the police and the post office after the perplexing discovery, but he claimed they weren’t very helpful.

Atkins picked up the unattended mail for hours.

The only thing the USPS employee said when he went to drop off the mail was, “All right. Next.

Residents are concerned because the US Postal Service processes and delivers 44% of the world’s mail volume.

The Postal Service served 12.6 million business addresses in 2023 alone.

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This means that the Postal Service handles and distributes more than 152 million First-Class Mail articles daily on average.

How much of that mail is lost in the process is unknown.