Notable incidents involving couriers

Sudden death

In Nov, a courier in Zhuzhou city, Hunan province, died suddenly while transporting parcels during the peak delivery period for Single's Day, a shopping festival that falls on November 11 every year.

The 39-year-old, surnamed Yin, parked his tricycle on a busy street before sitting heavily on the ground. He told a passer-by he was "exhausted", and died shortly afterward. Media reports said that Yin, whose sons are ages 1 and 11, had only been working as a courier for about two weeks.