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Census workers mourn deaths of supervisors

5/1/10 The U.S. Census supervisors who died in a horrific collision at a rural intersection northwest of Midland were delightful, enthusiastic people whose passing is deeply mourned by their colleagues, Regional Census Director Charlie Spence said Saturday.

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Two census workers dead after wreck northwest of Midland

4/30/10 Two census workers from the Lubbock area died Friday after being struck by a tanker truck when they failed to yield at a stop sign on the Texas 349 Reliever Route around northwest Midland.

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Midland man dead after two-car accident

02/12/10 A 65-year-old Midland man is dead after failing to yield the right of way on State Highway 349 and being struck by another car south of Midland.

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Trade corridor questions remain after TxDOT ends feasibility study

1/13/10 Citing tightened finances and increasing statewide demands, the Texas Department of Transportation has ended a feasibility study of widening La Entrada al Pacifico trade corridor, which was recently boosted by the opening of the 16-mile Highway 349 Reliever Route north and northwest of Midland.

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Crash claims man's life, injures daughter

12/23/09 A 56-year-old man who Texas Department of Public Safety officials said died following a two-vehicle accident on State Highway 349 was remembered Tuesday by those who knew him as a devoted family man..

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349-158 overpass off for now

5/28/09 The Permian Basin's ever shifting transportation priorities have resulted in an overpass at state Highway 349 Reliever Route and state Highway 158 northwest of Midland being put into abeyance, spokesmen for the Midland-Odessa Transportation Alliance and Texas Department of Transportation said Wednesday.

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