Amazon packages end up scattered across a Plymouth Meeting road after about 30 carts full of orders land on West Germantown Pike

by | Nov 13, 2026 | Latest E-commerce News & Updates

About 30 carts holding hundreds of Amazon orders ended up strewn across West Germantown Pike in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, about two miles from an Amazon facility, just before midnight Wednesday, and a witness who spoke with CBS News Philadelphia said the carts dropped out of a tractor-trailer. Some of the packages were opened or damaged, and the carts blocked traffic until police pushed them onto the shoulder, where they sat for hours before a forklift and tow truck loaded them into an unmarked trailer. Police said they couldn’t get anyone at Amazon on the phone, and it’s still not known what caused the spill or where the shipment came from.

Paul Drecksler is the founder and editor of Shopifreaks, covering the most important stories in e-commerce.

Companies: Amazon

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