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North Texas UPS driver crashes after passing out from heat exhaustion, union says
(Source: Teamsters Local 767)
MCKINNEY, Texas – A North Texas UPS driver was sent to the hospital after allegedly passing out while behind the wheel due to the heat and crashing.
Representatives from Teamsters Local 767 say that a delivery driver from Longview was asked to work out of the McKinney building on Friday.
The driver experienced heat-related symptoms while out driving and called for assistance.
The Teamsters Union says the driver was asked to drive himself back to the McKinney building and passed out. The van then left the road and crashed into some trees.
(Source: Teamsters Local 767)
The driver was taken to the hospital and released on Saturday.
“The company continues to place packages over people. This is the third incident in the McKinney building alone,” wrote the Teamsters Union.
Temperatures reached 102 degrees in Dallas-Fort Worth on Friday.
“We are aware of an incident involving our driver in McKinney, TX. We care deeply about his safety and well-being. We are working with authorities to investigate and defer to them for questions,” said UPS in a statement to FOX 4.
UPS also sent information about the company’s investment in heat safety protocols.
The company says they spend more than $409 million on safety training in the US and have added cooling equipment to vehicles and facilities. UPS also noted it has specialized cooling gear and access to ice and water.
Last August, delivery driver Christopher Begley died after a day of working in the heat.
UPS driver dies after working in North Texas heat
A medical examiner will try to determine if the heat played a role in the death of a North Texas UPS worker. He fell sick on the job last Wednesday and died in the hospital a few days later.
FOX 4 has reached out to police for more information on Friday’s crash.
PORTLAND (WGME) – A Portland woman who has been held in a Texas ICE facility for more than six months is reportedly set to be released by Friday.
That’s according to Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, who traveled to the facility this week to demand that ICE release 19-year-old Olivia Andre.
Pingree says a federal district court judge ordered Andre to be released no later than Friday.
Andre and her family were arrested by ICE when they were seeking asylum in Canada.
DHS previously said Andre is in the United States illegally but didn’t explain why the rest of her family was released and she wasn’t.
Pingree called the conditions at the facility inhumane, and Andre’s lawyer says her physical and mental wellbeing deteriorated from not having access to clean drinking water, palatable food and appropriate medical care.
“Olivia and her family should never have been detained. The federal court ordered her release because the Trump administration had no lawful basis for detaining her,” Pingree said. “She suffered in detention for six months in violation of federal law and the U.S. Constitution’s protections.”
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