TxDOT Urges Drivers to ‘END THE STREAK’ of Daily Deaths on Texas Roads

  • From left to right, TxDOT Equipment Mechanic Rusty Anderson, Public Information Officer Heather Deaton, District Engineer Rebecca Walls and Sargeant Gregg Williams with the DPS TRIBUNE PHOTO / RYLEIGH STEGALL
    From left to right, TxDOT Equipment Mechanic Rusty Anderson, Public Information Officer Heather Deaton, District Engineer Rebecca Walls and Sargeant Gregg Williams with the DPS TRIBUNE PHOTO / RYLEIGH STEGALL
Monday, November 7, 2022, was the 22nd anniversary of daily deaths on Texas roadways since November 7, 2000. In the first half of 2022, over half of those killed in crashes were not wearing their seatbelts. “Of the 40 people who died in crashes in the Atlanta District in the first half of this year, 21 of them were not wearing seat belts,” said TxDOT Atlanta District Engineer Rebecca Wells. “Seat…

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