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Villisca Post Office damaged by a truck Tuesday morning

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October 19th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Villisca, Iowa) – An accident this (Tuesday) morning, in Villisca, caused about $15,000 damage to the Villisca Post Office. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, at around 8:14-a.m., a 2016 International box truck owned by Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., was entering the Post Office parking lot, when the box portion of the truck the struck a canopy attached to the west side of the building at 500 S. 3rd Avenue.

The truck, driven by 60-year-old Frederick L. Adams, of Greensboro, NC, sustained about $4,000 damage to the cargo box. No injuries were reported, and no citations were issued.