A UPS driver was found dead inside his delivery truck after he collapsed due to heat exhaustion as temperatures in Pasadena, California reached the high 90s.
Esteban Chavez Jr. was delivering packages on June 25 when he suddenly collapsed.
His devastated father, Esteban Chavez Sr., said to KTLA 25: “He collapsed off his seat in the truck. By the time anyone realized it, which was the owner of the house where he delivered the package to, and that was about 20 minutes after my son already collapsed. By the time first responders showed up, obviously it was a little too late.”
Chavez, who had no known medical condition, had just celebrated his 24th birthday one day before his tragic death.
“Everyone knows, it is pretty hot out there, those trucks are a hot box. They have all these guys running around, delivering packages and trying to meet their quotas and do their jobs,” Chavez Sr. said.
“I’m still shocked. I can’t really believe it. My son just turned 24 on Friday.”
The UPS worker’s aunt, Gloria Chavez, also said: “It’s a tragedy that you don’t want any of your kids to go through, as a parent as a tia, or as a family member.”
Residents in the neighborhood where the hardworking man delivered items said Chavez was kind and cheerful.
“All his route had nothing but good things to say about Steven Chavez,” Gloria Chavez said. “Yeah, our Esteban, we’re gonna miss him so much.”
The family set up a GoFundMe page for his funeral expenses.
“Our hearts are tore and this pain in unbearable,” the page reads. “We will miss him dearly. He was full of life and gave so much to the world and to others.”
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