Postal worker dies delivering mail in extreme heat
On Tuesday, when the heat index in Texas was almost 115 degrees, a veteran United States Postal Service carrier, Eugene Gates Jr., 66, collapsed and died. According to Fox 4, Gates had been working for USPS in Dallas for 36 years and was delivering mail to a home in Lakewood, Texas when he lost consciousness. Megan Lucas, who resides on Gates’ route, told the outlet that she had always offered Gates water or a cold …