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ByJonathanFahey The Associated Press CLARKSBURG, W.VA. Boom- ing production of oil and nat- ural gas has exacted a little- known price on some of the nation's roads, contributing to a spike in traffic fatalities in states where many streets and highways are choked with large trucks and heavy drilling equipment. An Associated Press anal- ysis of traffic deaths and U.S. census data in six drilling states shows that in some places, fatalities have more than quadrupled since 2004 — a period when most Amer- ican roads have become much safer even as the pop- ulation has grown. "Wearejustsoswamped," said Sheriff Dwayne Vil- lanueva of Karnes County, Texas, where authorities have been overwhelmed by the surge in serious acci- dents. The industry acknowl- edges the problem, and traf- fic agencies and oil com- panies say they are tak- ing steps to improve safety. But no one imagines that the risks will be eliminated quickly or easily. "I don't see it slowing down anytime soon," Villan- ueva said. The energy boom, fu- eled largely by new drill- ing technology, has created badly needed jobs, lifted lo- cal economies and drawn global manufacturers back to the United States. But the frenzy of drilling activ- ity contributes heavily to the flood of traffic of all kinds that experts say has led to the increase in serious acci- dents and deaths. Not all of the crashes in- volved trucks from drill- ing projects, and the acci- dents have been blamed on both ordinary motorists and heavy equipment drivers. But the accidents have devastated families: two young boys crushed to death last year by a tanker truck in West Virginia; a Pennsylva- nia father killed by another tanker in 2011; a 19-year old Texas man fatally injured in 2012 after colliding with a drilling truck on his way to work. A month later, on the same road, three retired teachers died in another col- lision with a truck. Deadly crashes are "rec- ognized as one of the key risk areas of the business," said Marvin Odum, who runs Royal Dutch Shell's explora- tion operations in the Amer- icas. Crashes often increase when the volume of traffic goes up, whether because of an improving economy, a new shopping mall or more people moving into the area. Still, the number of traffic fa- talities in some regions has climbed far faster than the population or the number of miles driven. In North Dakota drilling counties, the population has soared 43 percent over the last decade, while traffic fa- talities increased 350 per- cent, to 63 last year from 14 ten years ago. Roads in those counties were nearly twice as deadly per mile driven than the rest of the state. In one Texas drilling district, drivers were 2.5 times more likely to die in a fatal crash per mile driven compared with the statewide average. This boom is different from those of the past be- cause of the hydraulic-frac- turing process, which ex- tracts oil and gas by inject- ing high-pressure mixtures of water, sand or gravel and chemicals. It requires 2,300 to 4,000 truck trips per well to deliver those fluids. Older drilling techniques needed one-third to one-half as many trips. Another factor is the speed of development. Drill- ing activity often ramps up too fast for communities to build better roads, install more traffic signals or hire extra police officers to help direct the flow of cars and trucks. Drillers will sink 20,000 new wells of this type in the U.S. this year. Last year, a truck carry- ing drilling water in Clarks- burg, W.Va., overturned onto a car carrying a mother and her two boys. Both children, 7-year-old Nicholas Mazzei- Saum and 8-year-old Alex- ander, were killed. "We buried them in the same casket," recalled their father, William Saum. He said his wife, Lucretia Mazzei, has been hospital- ized four times over the last year for depression. Traffic fatalities in West Virginia's most heavily drilled counties, including where the Mazzei-Saum boys were killed, rose 42 per- cent last year, to 47, from 33 in 2012. Traffic deaths in the rest of the state declined 8 percent. The average rate of deaths per 100,000 peo- ple — a key mortality mea- surement that accounts for population growth — in North Dakota drilling ar- eas climbed 148 percent on average from 2009 to 2013, compared with the average of the previous five years, the AP found. In the rest of the state, deaths per 100,000 people fell 1 per- cent over the same period. Traffic fatalities in Penn- sylvania drilling counties rose 4 percent over that time frame, while in the rest of the state they fell 19 percent. New Mexico's traffic fatal- ities fell 29 percent, except in drilling counties, where they only fell 5 percent. Some experts say regula- tory loopholes make things even worse. Federal rules limit the amount of time most truckers can stay on the road, but the rules are less stringent for drivers in the oil and gas industry. "These exemptions make Swiss cheese out of safety regulations," said Jackie Gillan, president of Advo- cates for Highway and Auto Safety. NATION Deadlysideeffectseeninnationalfrackingboom Hazardousroadconditionsandsubsequentspikeinvehicleaccidentslinkedtoheavy-ladentrucks KEITHSRAKOCIC—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS William Saum stands near his front porch on Saturday in Clarksburg, W. Va. In March of 2013, a truck carrying drilling water overturned onto a car carrying his wife and two young sons. Landscape/Fence Steve's Tractor &LandscapeService •FenceBuilding•Landscaping • Trenching • Rototilling • Disking • Mowing • Ridging • Post Hole Digging • Blade Work • Sprinkler Installation • Concrete Work Cont. 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Market, Suite 190 San Jose, CA 95110 (408) 287-7606 Attorney and Authorized Agent PUBLISH: 5/6, 5/13/14 CNS-2615746# DAILY NEWS (RED BLUFF) LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with the provi- sions of the California Uniform Commercial Code and Section 798.56a(e) of the California Civil Code, there being due and un- paid storage for which HI & DRY MOBILE HOME PARK is entitled to a lien as Warehousemen on the 1971 Sahara Mobilehome, Decal Number LAW9171, Serial No. S3061, Label/Insignia Num- ber 448161 currently located at 24800 Taft Street, Space #5, Los Molinos, California, 96055, held on account of HOWARD L. JESS- UP SR., LUANNE R. 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