An affidavit obtained by DailyTrib.com has revealed more information regarding a July 25 collision on U.S. 281 near Burnet that killed five women and led to the arrest of a man on manslaughter charges .

Kody Talley of Leander was booked into the Burnet County Jail on Aug. 5 on a $1 million bond in connection with the multi-vehicle wreck near the Park Road 4 intersection between Burnet and Marble Falls. Talley was driving a pickup truck and pulling a horse trailer at the time of the collision.

According to the affidavit, filed in the Burnet County Court at Law and signed by Texas Department of Public Safety Cpl. Jarek Stuart, Talley was driving “recklessly,” was not licensed to haul the trailer, and did not have an ignition interlock device installed in his vehicle, which was required

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