Dallas postal worker collapses, dies while on the job

The Brief

  • A 51-year-old Dallas letter carrier, Jacob Taylor, died over the weekend after collapsing on his route.
  • Taylor’s cause of death is still unknown pending the results of an autopsy.
  • The National Association of Letter Carriers fears his death could have been related because of how similar it was to the death of Eugene Gates, who died of heat exhaustion two years ago.

DALLAS A Dallas letter carrier died over the weekend while on the job.

The death of 51-year-old Jacob Taylor comes just two years after Eugene Gates, another letter carrier, died of heat exhaustion.

Dallas Letter Carrier Death

What we know:

A union representative told FOX 4 that Taylor collapsed while working in the Dallas Medical District this past Saturday. He later died at the hospital.

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