A Burnet County jury has convicted a man of manslaughter and sentenced him to 40 years in prison. The conviction is related to a fatal head-on crash that occurred on Highway 71. The crash resulted in the death of a woman from Horseshoe Bay. The sentencing was handed down on Wednesday. Further details about the case and the crash are available from CBS Austin, the source of this information.
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