A Texas UPS employee was hospitalized after passing out while driving and getting into an accident due to heat exhaustion, union officials say.
A video shared by UPS driver’s union, Teamsters Local 767, captures the truck swerving on the road, almost striking a car before crashing into trees. Photos show a busted front windshield and severe damage in front of the vehicle.
In a statement on Facebook, the union blasted the company, saying that they put “packages over people.”
The Longview-based driver was traveling from the UPS location in McKinney on Friday when the incident occurred. During his trip, he started to experience ” heat-related symptoms,” including vomiting , according to the statement and KTVT. The driver then contacted his supervisor and was instructed to return to the facility.
“The company once again did not follow their own Recharge guidelines and asked the driver to drive himself in,” the union said in a statement. “This is UNACCEPTABLE. The driver passed out while driving in and was involved in the accident.”