The Brief
- Shelma Reyna – a mother of five – died on Sunday after being crushed by several packages while she was working at a UPS warehouse.
- Police are investigating her death as an “industrial accident.”
- A fundraiser has been set up to help Reyna’s children.
RICHMOND – The questions about how Shelma Reyna came to die inside a container while loading boxes from a conveyor belt Sunday at her UPS job, are continuing to haunt her five children and other family members, as they grieve for a woman they dearly loved.
What they’re saying:
“My mom works two jobs to take care of five kids,” Aldo Icazbalceta, Reyna’s eldest son said. “My mom was a humble lady. She never asked for a handout, she never begged. She was a soldier, she was a warrior. She always tended to her kids.” …