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Fatal 18-Wheeler and Big-Rig Crashes in Dallam County, Texas: What Families Need to Know You're reading this because someone you love didn't come home from one of Dallam County's highways. Maybe it was U.S. Highway 87 where the oilfield service trucks run between Dalhart and Dumas, or perhaps it was State Highway 3.3 where the grain haulers move through the Panhandle's agricultural heartland. Wherever it happened, an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer changed everything for your family on a road most people in Dallam County drive every day without thinking twice. The Texas Department of Transportation's Crash Records Information System (CRIS) recorded 4,150 traffic fatalities across Texas in 2024—one death every two hours and seven minutes. In Dallam County and the surrounding Panhandle region, commercial vehicle crashes account for a disproportionate share of these tragedies. The rural nature of our highways, combined with the heavy truck traffic serving the oil and gas industry, creates a dangerous mix. Rural crashes are 2.66 times more likely to be fatal than urban crashes, according to NHTSA data, and the long EMS response times in our region only compound the risk. The Reality of a Fatal Truck Crash in Dallam County When a fully loaded semi-truck traveling…