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Texas Urging Safety as 20 Year Anniversary of Daily Traffic Deaths Nears

Texas will soon reach its 20th year of daily deaths on its roadways, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. On Nov. 7 Texas will mark the loss of more than 70,000 innocent lives to preventable fatal crashes during the …

Officials: Nearly Half of all Texas Traffic Deaths Occur in Energy-Producing Areas

Texas continues to lead the nation in oil and gas production, creating jobs and prosperity statewide, but communities in the state’s main energy production areas have also seen a rise in deaths on the road accounting for close to half …