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Burnet man sentenced to 40 years in prison for manslaughter in fatal Highway 71 crash

Summary by The Austin Editorial Desk · As published by CBS Austin · August 10, 2026 · 1 min read

A Burnet County jury sentenced a man to 40 years in prison Wednesday after convicting him of manslaughter in a head-on crash that killed a Horseshoe Bay woman

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Summary created by	The Austin Editorial Desk — automated, rule-governed
Published by	CBS Austin
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Source published	Aug 10, 2026
Indexed here	Aug 13, 2026
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Prepublication human review	No — editorial rules, flagged-item review, and published samples

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