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West Odessa, Ector County TX Semi-Truck Fatal Crash on Highway 302 — What Happened, What the Law Demands, and Why the Evidence Is Already Dying If you found this page, someone you love is gone. A 28-year-old man named Luther Bernard Young Jr. was killed at 2:30 in the morning on May 12, 2025, at the intersection of Highway 302 and FM 866, just outside West Odessa in Ector County. He was driving a semi-truck northbound on the farm-to-market road. Another semi-truck was moving along the state highway. They crossed paths in the dark. He did not survive. The other driver walked away with minor injuries. You may be his spouse, his parent, his child, his sibling, or his friend. You may be reading this on your phone in a hallway at a hospital where he was pronounced, or at a kitchen table where his boots are still by the door. You are in the worst hours of your life, and you are already being told things by people who do not have your interests at heart. We are writing this page so that someone finally tells you the truth: what the law actually requires, what the trucking companies are…