- Funeral services were held Thursday for 58-year-old postal worker Umeshkumar Thakkar, who collapsed and died on his route.
- While triple-digit heat affected North Texas that day, USPS has not confirmed if heat caused his death, pending autopsy results.
- The tragedy has renewed calls from labor advocates to enact stronger workplace safety rules protecting delivery drivers in extreme weather.
AUBREY, Texas – Funeral services were held on Thursday for the postal worker who died whole on his route in Little Elm on an extremely hot day.
And now there’s a push to change policies to protect employees who work in extreme temperatures.
What’s new:
Family, friends, and co-workers gathered on Thursday afternoon to pay their final respects to Umeshkumar Thakkar of Aubrey.
The 58-year-old postal worker died on Monday after collapsing while delivering mail in a Little Elm neighborhood.
What we know:
Video from a camera at the corner of Thornhill Lane and Graystone Drive shows Thakkar’s USPS truck parked with its hazard lights on around 12:20 p.m. Around 2 p.m., someone called 911 to report that he had passed out in his truck and was unresponsive.
Officials administered CPR, but Thakkar was pronounced dead.
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