A postal worker collapsed and died Tuesday while on his route in Dallas amid extreme heat, according to the U.S. Postal Service.
Eugene Gates Jr., 66, had been a letter carrier for the USPS for nearly 40 years and had set out for work at the Lakewood Postal Station in Dallas Tuesday morning. Around 4 p.m. CDT, Gate’s wife received a call that her husband had been rushed to the hospital, where he later died, she told local outlet FOX 4.
