A Dallas postal worker was pronounced dead over the weekend while working in the medical district, Kimetra Lewis, president of the Dallas branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers, told the Observer Tuesday.
While Lewis could not identify the worker, she said he had worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 28 years and fell ill on the afternoon of June 21 while working in the 2200 block of Medical District Drive. Temperatures reached the mid-90s on Saturday.
A video posted to TikTok on Saturday appears to show a significant emergency response to the scene, and a Dallas woman who claims to be a witness to the incident described seeing a man unconscious in a postal worker van.
“This man was passed out in the van … they were trying to resuscitate this man,” the woman, whose name on the app is listed as Elle, states. “It feels like 103 degrees today. Why aren’t we taking care of our postal service workers?”
Lewis confirmed that first responders attempted to give CPR at the scene, but that the worker “never woke up.” An autopsy was conducted on Tuesday, said Lewis, and the union is not yet aware of an official cause of death.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Service could not be reached for immediate comment.
