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recently, the news that a delivery man in his 50s in hangzhou, zhejiang, was found dead suddenly while sleeping on an electric bike after taking an order has attracted a lot of attention.

on september 10, the reporter contacted zhao hua (pseudonym), a colleague of the deceased delivery man. from his perspective,yuan was a workaholic. he broke his leg in a car accident a month before his death. he died suddenly half a month after returning to work.

the scene of the incident (video screenshot)

died on an electric car

according to the notice issued by the xianlin sub-district office of yuhang district, hangzhou, zhejiang on september 9, yuanthe location of death was on the non-motorized vehicle lane near yale international garden in yuhang district.zhao hua said that this is a business district and yuan sleeps inside the community. usually, the deliverymen will rest and chat here.

the official report showed that yuan had fainted and was declared dead after failed rescue efforts, and confirmed that yuan was a food delivery man.the public security department has ruled out the possibility of a criminal case.

zhao hua said that the incident happened on the night of september 5. at around 9 o'clock that night, someone found yuan lying on the electric bike and sleeping. at around 1 o'clock in the morning of september 6, a colleague went up to call yuan and found that he did not respond. later, he was found dead."(the body) has become (a bit) stiff."

the reporter saw in the on-site video that a cordon was set up around the location where yuan was. in the video, a man was lying on an electric bike with his hands hanging down, and there was a takeaway box on the bike.

zhao hua told reporters,it was early morning when yuan was found. there were only a dozen deliverymen watching the scene. he felt very upset after seeing the"because i know this person and i usually chat with him, and suddenly i saw this scene,i feel very sad and pitiful.zhao hua said that after the incident, he would pass by the place where yuan had the accident every day, and he would feel very sad every time he passed by.

colleagues call him "the king of running orders"

since the news of yuan's sudden death while lying on his electric bike spread, some netizens who knew about the situation said that he was the "order runner" in the area. this statement was also confirmed by zhao hua. according to zhao hua, he and yuan were both crowdsourced deliverymen. yuanolder people are not good at grabbing orders and can only rely on the platform to assign orders，"he can only rely on the platform's assignment, and if he wants to earn more, he has to work harder." this is why yuan needs to work a lot of time every day delivering food.

according to zhao hua, yuan is from hubei.he has been delivering food in hangzhou for two or three years. he has known the other person for about half a year.they often met and chatted at the place where yuan had the accident. zhao hua learned from the chat thatyuan has two sons. the eldest son is married and has children. he came to hangzhou to accompany his 16-year-old younger son to study.

zhao hua said,yuan worked very long hours every day and hardly took a break every month.，"he gets up at five in the morning to run for breakfast, runs until ten in the afternoon, then runs again at eleven, and then runs until the afternoon, then he goes back to rest, and runs again at five in the afternoon."yuan's desperate rush to deliver orders also caused concern among other deliverymen.everyone advised him not to work too hard., he would replyi want to earn more because of financial pressure.

in zhao hua's memory, it was a rainy day two months before the incident.everyone was running orders until 2 a.m., yuan slept directly on the waiting chair in the shopping district.he said he would not go home and would wait until 5 a.m. to continue delivering orders.”

at the end of the interview, zhao hua revealed that half a month before the incident, yuan had just recovered from his broken leg and returned to work.he had a car accident while running a delivery truck and only returned to deliver food after recuperating for more than ten days.

image source: internet caption: official report of yuan moumou's death after fainting

according to the paper, the deceased rider’s colleague, mr. zhang, said that the rider hadthe average number of orders received per day is about 40, "about 20 orders at the least, and about 60 orders at the most"he is considered to be at a medium level among senior riders in hangzhou, and the term “single king” is a false rumor.