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UPS driver, 24, collapses and dies while delivering packages in SoCal heat
https://abc7.com/heat-exhaustion-ups-driver-pasadena-esteban-chavez/12010038/UPS driver, 24, collapses and dies while delivering packages in SoCal heat
By ABC7.com staff
Friday, July 1, 2022 9:49PM
A Southern California family is mourning their son, a UPS driver, who died just a day after his 24th birthday possibly due to heat stroke.
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Southern California family is in mourning after their son, a UPS driver, died just a day after his 24th birthday.
Esteban Chavez Jr. of Downey was delivering packages in the Pasadena area last Saturday when he collapsed. The family believes he may have died from heat stroke.
Records show Pasadena hit temperatures in the upper 90s on that day, June 25.
According to the family, Esteban apparently passed out in his truck in the early afternoon, and there was at least a 20-minute gap before someone noticed and called for help.
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By ABC7.com staff
Friday, July 1, 2022 9:49PM
A Southern California family is mourning their son, a UPS driver, who died just a day after his 24th birthday possibly due to heat stroke.
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Southern California family is in mourning after their son, a UPS driver, died just a day after his 24th birthday.
Esteban Chavez Jr. of Downey was delivering packages in the Pasadena area last Saturday when he collapsed. The family believes he may have died from heat stroke.
Records show Pasadena hit temperatures in the upper 90s on that day, June 25.
According to the family, Esteban apparently passed out in his truck in the early afternoon, and there was at least a 20-minute gap before someone noticed and called for help.
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Very tragic, my heart breaks for his loved ones.
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