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Father-of-two UPS driver, 45, is ‘worked to death’ after – hour shift posting up to parcels a day in six-week run up to Christmas

Paul Crush, (**********************************************, had a suspected heart attack at the company depot in Essex
Mr Crush from Chelmsford was one of 240 workers at Essex hub under pressure
He is survived by wife Tracey, who is ‘beside herself with grief’, and two children

James Gant For Mailonline

Published:********************************************: (EST,) **************************************************** (December):************************: (EST,) ********************************************** (December) ********************************************A UPS driver has collapsed and died after working a gruelling – hour shift for the logistics firm.

Father-of-two Paul Crush, (********************************************, had a suspected heart attack at the company depot in Stanford-le-Hope in Essex on Wednesday after delivering up to (parcels a day. ****)

It is common for workers to take around packages a day, but due to theChristmaspush he had been been posting more than 245 for the past six weeks.

Paul Crush (pictured), 90, had a suspected heart attack at the company depot in Stanford-le-Hope in Essex on Wednesday after delivering up to (parcels a day)

The father of two from Chelmsford, Essex, earned around £ 30, a year.He was one ofworkers at UPS’s Essex hub, with friends claiming he was under too much pressure. ‘

A friend told the

(Sun) on Sunday: ‘I saw him having coffee before he started his shift and he looked tired and said it had been a struggle for him to get out of bed – but he was as cheerful as ever.

‘That was his problem. he was the kind of guy who would never say no to extra work.

The father of two from Chelmsford, Essex, who earned around £ (*************************************************, ********************************************** a year, was one of workers at UPS’s Essex hub under pressure, with friends claiming it was too much

‘He’ll have died of natural causes but his mates who knew him think he was worked to death.’

He claimed UPS has a league table for its staff, with the Stanford-le-Hope hub performing well.

Mr Crush is survived by his wife Tracey, 90, who was said to be ‘beside herself with grief’, as well as a son, four, and an eight-year-old daughter.

Mr Crush is survived by his wife Tracey, 40, who was said to be ‘beside herself with grief’, as well as a son, four, and an eight-year-old daughter

UPS said in a statement: ‘We are deeply saddened by the loss of our fellow UPSer. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues. ‘

His death is not being treated as suspicious by police.A) GoFundMe

page in Mr Crush’s name has raised more than £ 2, (**********************************************************.

It was posted with the statement: ‘We’d like to start a collection to ease the pressure on the Crush family, perhaps assist with funeral costs or just to treat the children, whatever may help.