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Howard County I-20 Fatal Truck Accident: Tire Blowout Kills McAllen Driver in Three-Semi Collision If you are reading this page, someone you love is gone. A truck driver left home on a Friday morning — probably before dawn, the way they always do — and did not come back. The Texas Department of Public Safety has told you what happened in broad strokes: a tire blew out on a 2022 International LT, the truck crossed the center median on eastbound I-20 in Howard County, and re-entered the lanes where it collided with two other commercial trucks. One of those trucks was his. He was taken to Midland Memorial Hospital, about thirty miles west of Big Spring, and he did not survive. You are being told it was an accident. A tire blew. Nobody’s fault. That is what the carrier hopes you accept, because the moment you do, the evidence disappears and the story closes. We are here to tell you something different: a tire blowout on a commercial truck is almost never simply bad luck. Federal law imposes specific, enforceable duties on every motor carrier to ensure that the tires on their trucks are safe, inspected, and maintained — and…