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Frank Lautenberg: “[e]very year for the past decade, nearly, 5,000 people died and 125,000 were injured in crashes with a large truck.…”

On the recordApril 27, 2010
[e]very year for the past decade, nearly, 5,000 people died and 125,000 were injured in crashes with a large truck. That's nearly 14 people a day, or 14 families torn apart by horrible, and often avoidable accidents.
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Frank Lautenberg
Democratic · New Jersey

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Lautenberg highlights the tragic statistics of truck-related fatalities and injuries.

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