UPS driver dies after collapsing in sweltering heat

A UPS driver died after collapsing within the Southern California warmth on the job — simply at some point after his twenty fourth birthday, a brand new report stated.

Esteban Chavez Jr., 24, was delivering packages round Pasadena final Saturday afternoon when he handed out in his truck as temperatures soared into the higher 90s, in line with KABC-TV.

Chavez’s household believes he might have suffered from warmth stroke and was comatose for greater than 20 minutes earlier than somebody observed and referred to as for assist, the affiliate reported.

“That is all so sudden,” grieving dad Esteban Chavez Sr. advised the station. “He simply turned 24 on Friday and he ended up passing away the day after, which was the twenty fifth.”

“It sort of hurts that I wasn’t there to choose up my son. It hurts quite a bit. However I prefer to assume God had a calling for him. They are saying the great die younger. I’m certain my son was one in all them,” Chavez continued.

Esteban Chavez Jr. was delivering packages before he passed out in sweltering conditions that reached the upper 90's.
Esteban Chavez Jr. was delivering packages earlier than he handed out in sweltering circumstances that reached the higher 90’s.
KTLA

“It hurts, it’s a ache that’s by no means gonna go away. And that’s one thing I want on no one, having the expertise to lose your baby.”

The reason for the younger man’s loss of life was nonetheless underneath investigation by medical officers, in line with the report.

Chavez — a die-hard Los Angeles Dodgers fan who as soon as took a selfie with supervisor Dave Roberts on a supply — had reportedly been with the corporate for 4 years and liked his work.

“We're deeply saddened by the lack of our driver Esteban Chavez, and lengthen our deepest condolences to his household and buddies. We're cooperating with the investigating authorities and are respectfully deferring questions on this incident to them,” a UPS assertion learn, in line with the station.

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