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Fatal 18-Wheeler and Tractor-Trailer Accidents in Baytown, Texas: What Families Need to Know The Houston Ship Channel corridor through Baytown carries some of the heaviest commercial freight traffic in Texas. Interstate 10, State Highway 146, and the Fred Hartman Bridge form a freight triangle where fully loaded tractor-trailers, tankers, and oilfield service vehicles move between refineries, distribution centers, and the Port of Houston around the clock. When an 80,000-pound 18-wheeler loses control on these corridors, the physics of mass and velocity leave little room for survival. The families we meet in Baytown after these crashes are not just grieving—they are facing a legal system that has already started running clocks they may not know about. Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 16.003 gives you exactly two years from the date of the fatal injury to file a wrongful-death action. That clock runs whether or not the carrier’s insurer is returning your calls. Under Section 71.004, surviving spouses, children, and parents each hold an independent claim. Under Section 71.021, the estate holds a separate survival action for the pain and mental anguish the decedent endured between injury and death. Three statutory tracks, one two-year clock—and the carrier’s lawyers have been…