The UPS truck crash last week is bringing letter carrier safety concerns back into the forefront as the summer heat shows no signs of letting up.
A UPS driver is out of the hospital after his union says he passed out from heat exhaustion and crashed. Another driver got video of the crash, and the incident is getting attention from U.S. postal workers.Video from last Friday shows the UPS truck driver veering into oncoming traffic on the Sam Rayburn Tollway in Collin County . The driver went off the road and crashed into a tree.
fined that branch, and there was a congressional investigation. However, Lewis is hoping an proposal for mandatory breaks and other heat-related policies will become actual rules. She said morale has been impacted. "It hasn't been very positive. But they are hoping that, as I spoke with you about the
proposed rule, we are hoping that that gets passed. Get it adopted so that the postal service will be made to do something to protect a lot of cars. Otherwise, it's not going to happen. They're not going to do it on their own."The name of the UPS driver hasn’t been released. It’s also unclear if that driver has returned to work.
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