‘Sounded like a bomb:’ Runaway USPS truck crashes into DeKalb home

A homeowner says a runaway mail truck left his home with a huge hole in it. Now he says he’s trying to figure out who will pay for the damages.

John Grubbs told Channel 2’s Tom Jones it all started when the mailman needed to take a break and went into a porta-potty in his neighborhood near Wesley Chapel in DeKalb County on May 12. He says that’s when the postal carrier’s mail truck began moving.

“Roll down the hill. Took the mailbox out,” he said. “Went straight through here and went straight into the house,” he said, pointing out the path the truck took…

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