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Michael Sainato

Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke

Construction workers during a heatwave in San Antonio, Texas, on 27 June.
Construction workers during a heatwave in San Antonio, Texas, on 27 June. Photograph: Kaylee Greenlee Beal/Reuters

The mother of a 24-year-old worker who died from heatstroke while working for a construction firm in San Antonio, Texas, has filed a lawsuit against his employer.

Gabriel Infante was working for B Comm Constructors in San Antonio, Texas, on 23 June 2022, digging in the hot summer sun to move internet fiber optic cable, a job he had recently started with a childhood best friend while they were finishing college.

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