Wednesday's mail dump downtown is rare occurrence, USPS spokesman says

YOUNGSTOWN

Add a massive spill of thousands of pieces of mail in downtown Youngstown to snow and rain as obstacles that won’t keep postal carriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

Mail that fell off the back of a truck Wednesday night on its way from the U.S. Postal Service’s Cleveland distribution center to the downtown Youngstown office covered much of Front Street between Market Street and the Covelli Centre. Officials said none of the mail that fell was lost and it was delivered on time.

Several large metal bins holding tens of thousands of pieces of mail fell out of the back of a 47-foot-long tractor-trailer just a short distance from the downtown post office.

“It’s very uncommon, but accidents do occur,” said David Van Allen, a USPS spokesman. “We’re glad no one was hurt. This is very rare.”

Read more about the mishap in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.