Video shows UPS driver crashing after reportedly fainting from heat exhaustion

Video captured in Texas last week reportedly shows a UPS delivery driver crashing into a wooded area after fainting behind the wheel due to heat-related illness.

The video was captured on August 16 in McKinney, Texas.

According to Teamsters Local 767 , the Longview-based UPS delivery driver was dispatched to the McKinney building when he began experiencing heat-related illness symptoms and called for assistance. The union says that the driver was told to drive himself in, after which he lost consciousness and was involved in an accident.

The driver was hospitalized and then released on August 17.

“The company continues to place packages over people. This is the third incident in the McKinney building alone. Do not trust the company to do the right thing for your health and safety. Reach out to your Stewards, Business Agents, and/or other drivers and let them know what is going on. Never hesitate to call 911,” Teamsters said.

Last summer amid Teamster contract negotiations , UPS agreed to equip new delivery trucks with air conditioning, but said that older trucks would remain un-air conditioned. Most of those older vehicles would have new fans installed instead of air-conditioning.

See video of the accident below.

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