Amazon's Delivery Services Kill People, too

The New Yorker: "According to Brittain Ladd, a former Amazon senior manager interviewed for the story, around 2013 the company decided that it could no longer rely solely on the likes of FedEx and the UPS to deliver its packages. Instead, it would also work with smaller courier firms scattered across the country to supplement its ever-growing demand. […] Ladd went so far as to circulate a written warning among colleagues: 'I believe it is highly probable that accidents will occur resulting in serious injuries and deaths.'" – https://mashable.com/article/amazon-drivers-dangerous/

CBS Channel 2 Chicago: "CBS 2 Investigators catch Amazon delivery drivers creating dangers on the road.  With one pedestrian dead and another who says he suffered severe injuries, CBS 2’s Dave Savini looks into the drivers working at a local Amazon warehouse." – https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/05/15/amazon-drivers-accused-deadly-accidents/

Buzzfeed: "Valdimar Gray was delivering packages for Amazon at the height of the pre-Christmas rush when his three-ton van barreled into an 84-year-old grandmother, crushing her diaphragm, shattering several ribs, and fracturing her skull." – https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/amazon-next-day-delivery-deaths

NBC News: "Drivers including those who had not passed background checks […] potentially dangerous drivers would be handed the keys to delivery vans full of packages, as well as sensitive information such as the addresses and access codes needed to deliver the package" – https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/inside-amazon-s-delivery-push-employees-drivers-say-overworked-system-n1087661

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