Throckmorton County’s Truck Accident and Commercial Vehicle Attorneys. Attorney911 of Houston, Texas, brings 27+ years of experience fighting trucking companies and corporate defendants, with a record of multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. As FMCSA regulation experts, we handle 18-wheelers, dump trucks, tankers, buses, delivery vans, rental trucks, and every other commercial vehicle crash type. A former insurance defense attorney is on staff. The consultation is free, and there is no fee unless we win. Call 1-888-ATTY-911.
Fatal 18-Wheeler and Tractor-Trailer Crashes in Throckmorton County, Texas You're reading this because someone you love didn't come home from a road most people in Throckmorton County drive without thinking about it. An eighty-thousand-pound tractor-trailer changed everything for your family on a corridor where long-haul freight, oilfield service trucks, and local traffic share the same pavement. The Texas Department of Transportation's Crash Records Information System (CRIS) recorded 4,150 traffic fatalities statewide in 2024—one death every two hours and seven minutes, zero deathless days—and Throckmorton County's position along U.S. Highway 183 and U.S. Highway 283 places it squarely in the documented pattern of rural Texas commercial-vehicle fatalities. Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 16.003 has already started a clock that doesn't stop while you grieve. You have two years from the date of the fatal injury to file a wrongful-death action under Section 71.001. 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 and mental anguish suffered between injury and death. The carrier whose driver killed your family member has lawyers who have been working since the night of the crash. The…
