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Crime & Safety

U.S. Postal Service Carrier Crashes Through Cemetery Fence

Peabody man transported to Salem Hospital.

Bob Roche, Neighbor
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A U.S. Postal Service carrier was involved in a single vehicle accident Thursday morning when his mail van veered off Washington Street and crashed through a cemetery fence.

According to Peabody Police, the accident happened just before 12 noon at 243 Washington St. near the Eastman Gelatine plant. The mail carrier, a Peabody man, was transported by Atlantic Ambulance to Salem Hospital for treatment. The Post Office van was towed by Arrington's Towing. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

Photographer Bob Roche shot these photographs at the accident scene.

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