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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...
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