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Fatal 18-Wheeler and Tractor-Trailer Crashes in Austin, Texas: What Families Need to Know You are reading this because someone you love did not come home. A fully loaded tractor-trailer changed everything for your family on a corridor most people in Austin drive every day without thinking about it. Interstate 35, U.S. Highway 183, the MoPac Expressway, or State Highway 130—these aren’t just roads. They’re the freight arteries that keep Central Texas running, and the carriers that operate on them count on familiarity to mask the danger. Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003 has already started a clock that does not stop while you grieve. You have two years from the date of the fatal injury—not the funeral, not the autopsy report, not the day the police report is finalized—to file a wrongful-death action under § 71.001. Under § 71.004, you—as the surviving spouse, child, or parent—hold an independent statutory claim. So does your loved one’s estate, under § 71.021, for the conscious pain and mental anguish they endured 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 longer you wait, the more…