Texas heat likely contributed to UPS driver crash
Aug 21, 2024•4 min
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Episode description
A terrifying phone video shot by a driver in Texas shows a UPS truck nearly crashing into oncoming traffic Friday before driving off the road and smashing into a tree near McKinney, Texas. The driver passed out after experiencing heat-related symptoms, according to the local Teamsters union. Also, Tragedy struck on Sunday when 24-year-old Skyler Granath was hit by lightning, the first lightning-related fatality of August and the ninth so far in 2024. Granath was fishing in Bear River, Utah, about 60 miles north of Salt Lake City, when a lightning bolt from a nearby thunderstorm struck with deadly consequences. It was the first lightning-related fatality in Utah since 2016.
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