FedEx Driver Under Investigation After Dumping Hundreds of Packages into Ravine
As the holiday season approaches, the strain on our network of mail couriers continues to ramp up, and the stress appears to have been too much for at least one delivery driver.
For many, the headaches have already begun: Missing packages, erroneous deliveries, and unbelievable delays. But for hundreds of folks in Alabama, something even worse has occurred.
Authorities investigating the discovery of hundreds of FedEx packages in an Alabama ravine have questioned the driver they think is responsible — and believe the driver dumped packages there at least six times, a sheriff said Tuesday.
Advertisement - story continues belowThe investigation began November 24, when sheriff’s deputies in northern Alabama’s Blount County found 300 to 400 packages in a ravine on private property, the county sheriff’s department said.
FedEx warned that the situation could take some time to sort out.
“This will not be an easy or fast case to close. … I am asking for patience from our citizens as our investigators work through this case,” Moon’s post reads. FedEx sent workers and trucks to the ravine last week to begin recovering and distributing the packages. The property is about 40 miles outside Birmingham.Advertisement - story continues belowThe questioned driver “is no longer providing service on behalf of FedEx Ground,” FedEx said Tuesday in a prepared statement.
