COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The Postal Service is investigating after thousands of pieces of mail spilled out of a truck around I-285 in Cobb County on Wednesday.

Pastor Male Atkins told WSBTV that he was “just driving, dropping stuff off, when I just see the truck, I thought it was paper, but it was mail.”

Atkins said he drove around and there were “thousands of pieces of mail everywhere, driver’s licenses, social security checks, mortgage payments,” and grabbed bags from his truck to pick up the mail to take to the post office.

He said he called various local law enforcement and the postal service and was told by workers that there was “nothing we could do.”

The U.S. Postal Service shared a statement with WSBTV that confirmed that mail which fell from the truck was deemed “undeliverable” and were set to be disposed of.

The Postal Service takes seriously the security and sanctity of the mail, including when transporting items on roadways across Georgia and the nation. In this specific instance, a vehicle which was operated by a contractor (not USPS personnel) inadvertently dropped some of its load along the highway. The material contained in the load had been deemed undeliverable to its destination. The Postal Service follows specific procedures to verify and dispose of this type of material, using contracted services. No mail or packages destined for delivery were contained on the vehicle. Once alerted to the situation, local postal officials dispatched personnel to retrieve all dropped material.

—  — USPS spokesperson

It is unclear when the mail that was lost and deemed “undeliverable” will be recovered and resent.

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