The families of three of the five women killed in a July 25 collision on U.S. 281 in Burnet County are preparing to file wrongful death lawsuits against the driver arrested and charged in the crash.

Kody Talley, 37, of Leander faces five counts of manslaughter in connection with the fatal wreck near the Park Road 4 intersection between Burnet and Marble Falls. He was arrested and booked into the Burnet County Jail on Aug. 5 .

Killed in the crash were 23-year-old Thalia Salinas, 23-year-old Ruby Aracelly Cruz, 21-year-old Jacqueline Velazco, 22-year-old Brianna Alysea Valadez, and 23-year-old Desiree Cervantez, all from the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The lifelong friends were traveling to a Kingsland lakehouse for a birthday party when the crash occurred.

The families of Salinas, Cruz,

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