"Death Highway" in Texas' Permian Basin Sees Accidents, Fatalities Pick Up as Oil Price Rises

Ryan Collins and Rachel Adams-Heard | Bloomberg News   |   July 28, 2018

Route 285 is the formal designation for one of the main roads used to carry supplies to and from the oilfields of West Texas. Locals call it something else: "Death Highway."

Last year, 93 people died in accidents involving trucks just on the Texas-side of the Permian Basin, or 43 percent more than in 2012. Want to know how many fatalities to expect moving forward? Keep an eye on the price of oil.

Read the story here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-28/-death-highway-is-where-oil-prices-truck-fatalities-intersect

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