Mother remembers nurse killed in suspected DWI crash as TxDOT urges end to traffic deaths

Every day for the past 25 years, at least one person — a mother, father, son or daughter — has died in a traffic crash in Texas. The sobering statistic prompted the Texas Department of Transportation to launch its “End the Streak” campaign to reduce roadway deaths. TxDOT reported that 4,160 people died in Texas traffic crashes in 2024. That total included 772 pedestrians and 381 deaths in distracted-driving crashes.