>>>chandi lowry: An eight wheel tractor trailer carrying u-s mail in the Borough of Hamburg plummets down an 80 foot embankment. WFMZ's Keleigh Gibbs joins us in the newsroom with more... Keleigh. Chandi.. that tractor trailer accident happened in the borough of Hamburg...the driver crawled out of the cabin with only a scratch to his face.... and met police on the street to give them details as to what happened. 16:44:44 >>Robert Mengle "That is very good, we thought it could have been a fatality but it shows now that his seat belt saved him and he crawled out of the truck and up the embankment to us." >>reporter The driver of this tracker trailer says he swerved to avoid a deer before losing control of the vehicle...and plummeting 80 feet down this embankment. It happened on Route 61 between Grant and Fourth streets around 3 am Sunday morning. The Southbound lanes of Route 61 were blocked off for nearly 8 hours as crews cleaned up packages and debris. 16:45:51 >> Robert Mengle "There are products that are damaged so they will have to get a hold of the u.s. Postal Service. And i believe the Post Office is going to alert them people that the mail was damaged." >>reporter The truck was hauling u-s mail from Harrisburg to the Reading facility for processing. The mail will be reprocessed in Harrisburg and then sent back to Reading. As a result, some residents will likely experience a delays in delivery. The deer was hit...and 180 feet of guardrail was also damaged....road crews are expected to make those repairs tomorrow. Live in the newsroom, Keleigh Gibbs, 69 News.>>>CHANDI
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