FedupExpress
Well-Known Member
FedEx employee dies after falling out of truck on interstate
A 20-year-old FedEx worker was killed in a tragic accident when he fell out of his vehicle on an Ohio roadway.
Driver falls out of truck = Dies
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Fred's Myth
Nonhyphenated American
Read it again…..a passenger in the truck, not the driver, attempted to close the cargo area door that had come open, when he fell out.FedEx employee dies after falling out of truck on interstate
A 20-year-old FedEx worker was killed in a tragic accident when he fell out of his vehicle on an Ohio roadway.www.wtvm.com
think you need to re read it as well
Fred's Myth
Nonhyphenated American
Quoting from the article: “ When the passenger, 20-year-old Noah Fletcher, went to close the door, he fell out of the truck and onto the roadway.”
Apology accepted.
It will be fine
Well-Known Member
To me it sounds like a cutaway. The passenger got up and went into the cargo area to close that side door. The driver should have just pulled over.
Fred's Myth
Nonhyphenated American
I would guess they were in a Sprinter.
Just A UPS Guy
Bully.
Sounds like something like this...
BrownFlush
Woke Racist Reigning Ban King
Damn those methods.
Oh wait. It's FedX.
Oh wait. It's FedX.
most likely. but still lose a pkg or two. pull the
friend over and stop first. driver is at fault
purpder
Active Member
Sounds like it was
Let the investigation reach a conclusion and publish it's findings. The contractor on the other hand is likely to be trying to find a way to limit his liability and reach a settlement with the victim's family.
Not a good business to be in anymore and with FDX contracting you never actually had business to begin with. You're nothing more than an economic trash can into which FDX can dump all of it's risks, liabilities and variable costs and just walk away grinning like a possum.....And this fatal accident is one among many examples both past and present and likely more in the future where FDX is absolved.
Oh sure there will be a few examples of contractor success and FDX will hype those to the max but chances are they are operating in the most favorable and opportune areas but those are not numerous when compared to the norm. I know guys who lost their house, their marriage, their retirement accounts, their savings. their cashed out life insurance and their credit trying to make a contract that overwhelmingly favors one party over another work in an area where the demographics matched poorly with the operational model.
Not a good business to be in anymore and with FDX contracting you never actually had business to begin with. You're nothing more than an economic trash can into which FDX can dump all of it's risks, liabilities and variable costs and just walk away grinning like a possum.....And this fatal accident is one among many examples both past and present and likely more in the future where FDX is absolved.
Oh sure there will be a few examples of contractor success and FDX will hype those to the max but chances are they are operating in the most favorable and opportune areas but those are not numerous when compared to the norm. I know guys who lost their house, their marriage, their retirement accounts, their savings. their cashed out life insurance and their credit trying to make a contract that overwhelmingly favors one party over another work in an area where the demographics matched poorly with the operational model.
Fred's Myth
Nonhyphenated American
How did you reach your conclusion it was a contractor?
After all the article reads "The FedEx truck was traveling north in the express lane," LOL
The article also stated that he was a Fedex employee, and we all know contractors drivers aren't Fedex employees. Right?
FedUPSer9816
Full Service
I doubt the article understands the difference between Express and Ground as being employees to FedEx. In all my years working at Express, I never had a helper on board my truck, even through peak. Two guys is a Ground contractor.
Fred's Myth
Nonhyphenated American
Exactly my point, someone including you is jumping to a conclusion based on insufficient information.
As a swing driver for Express for many years, I trained multiple new hires on routes. Just saying.
FedUPSer9816
Full Service
I was a swing driver for 5 years. Never had anyone else on the truck. Same thing with the route I did for 10 years. Matter of fact, never two on board for anyone. Only time would be supervisor or manager. And if that's the case, allowing someone to unbuckle and try to shut a door while driving down a road would never happen. Conversely, I've seen guys walking about, doors open with Ground drivers.
fatboy33
Well-Known Member
that makes more sense.
