UPS driver gets lost, crashes in North Texas heat

According to Facebook post from the labor union.

union, Teamsters Union Local 767said the crash happened on Texas 121, just north of McKinney. The driver was transported to the hospital, where he received medical attention and was released on Saturday, the post said. A driver nearby recorded truck after losing control.

According to the post on social media, the driver, who had called for help due to escalating health problems related to the extreme heat, was met with a lack of support from the company.

The video of the incident caused outrage among the community and his colleagues on social media. It was the third incident at the McKinney location alone.

In August 2023, McKinney UPS employee Chris Begleydied due to heat-related health problemsaccording to company and local union officials. Dave Reeves, the union's president, said the 57-year-old collapsed in a customer's seat. Begley was hospitalized days later, then died later that day. In June 2023, Eugene Gates Jr. crashed while traveling to Dallas.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined UPS $15,625 after the death last June, saying the company did not offer a job “Without known hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical injury to employees, in that employees were not protected from the risk of high ambient heat while performing work duties.”

UPS did not immediately respond to a request for an interview from Dallas Morning News.