Trucking companies are failing at a fast clip so far this year – about double the rate experienced in 2018.

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Donald Broughton, principal and managing partner of data firm Broughton Capital, told FOX Business that in the first half of 2019, 640 trucking companies failed. That means more than 20,000 trucks have been pulled from the road.

In 2018, 310 companies failed total.

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