Delivery company driver reporting feeling sick while working his route as temperatures topped 100 degrees.
A Texas UPS driver fell ill while working during a scorching heat wave and later died.
"We train our people to recognize the symptoms of heat stress, and we respond immediately to any request for help," the delivery giant told CBS MoneyWatch."We are cooperating with the authorities as they continue to investigate the cause of death."with the Teamsters Union that would require the company to install air conditioning in its delivery vans, among other improvements to drivers' working conditions.
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