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Fatal 18-Wheeler and Tractor-Trailer Crashes in Collin County: What Families Need to Know You’re reading this because someone you love didn’t come home from a road that everyone in Collin County drives every day. Interstate 75, U.S. Highway 380, the President George Bush Turnpike, and the countless feeder roads connecting Plano, McKinney, Frisco, and Allen carry the freight that keeps North Texas running—but when an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer loses control, the physics of the crash leave no time for the driver of a passenger vehicle to react. A fatal collision at highway speeds isn’t just a tragedy; it’s a closing-speed event that changes everything for your family in an instant. Texas law gives you exactly two years from the date of the fatal injury to file a wrongful-death action under Section 16.003 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. That clock started ticking the moment the crash happened—whether or not anyone told you, whether or not the police report is finalized, whether or not the carrier’s insurance company is returning your calls. Under Section 71.004, you— as the surviving spouse, child, or parent—hold an independent statutory claim. So does your loved one’s estate, under Section 71.021, for the conscious pain…