An UPS driver was briefly hospitalized after reportedly falling unconscious from heat exhaustion and crashing in North Texas.
The crash happened a year after another UPS driver died from heat exhaustion while delivering packages out of the McKinney UPS facilityShipping company United Parcel Services is investigating after labor union workers claimed a delivery driver passed out at the wheel in North Texas and crashed due to heat exhaustion.shared images and a video on social media, claiming that an employee who worked in Longview was sent to a UPS facility in McKinney to drive on Friday.
"The company continues to place packages over people," the Teamsters Union said online."This is the third incident in the McKinney building alone." Nearly a year after his death, Begley’s family said Friday’s incident showed the McKinney UPS center still hadn’t done enough to keep drivers safe from the heat.
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