Manslaughter trial of driver in deadly crash west of Denton set to begin Monday

A midnight drive on the border of Denton and Ponder ended in a fiery crash that killed a passenger and incinerated a Corvette. Denton County prosecutors plan to hold the driver culpable for manslaughter in a trial come Monday.

Kyle James Daniels, 28, is accused of driving at recklessly unsafe speeds at a bend on H Lively Road, causing the death of his passenger, 25–year-old Trevor “Austin” Kern, in 2023.

Daniels walked to a relative’s nearby house on Seaborn Road, according to an affidavit, and called 911 more than four hours after the crash…

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