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‘Dead Man’s Curve’
On a Thursday morning in May, drivers can be seen at Dead Man?s Curve on Texas 16 South shifting into the middle lane heading to Kerrville and into the outside of the lane going toward Fredericksburg, as drivers didn?t slow down early enough. ? Standard-Radio Post/Samuel Sutton
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May 26, 2021
‘Dead Man’s Curve’

It’s been almost five years since their daughter was killed in a car crash between Fredericksburg and Kerrville on Texas 16 South, and Jackie and Buck Burton remember it all. According to archives of the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, the crash occurred around 8:57 p.m. on a wet road Saturday,

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