Former Prison Break actor Lane Garrison has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison for a drunken car crash which killed a teenager.
Garrison, 27, pleaded guilty in May to vehicular manslaughter, drink driving and providing alcohol to a minor.
The actor was driving his Land Rover in California last December when it left the road and struck a tree. One of his three passengers later died.
Garrison played "Tweener" in the Fox TV series, shown on Five in the UK.
'Messenger'
Speaking before the sentencing, he said he was "sick" of his conduct on the night of the crash and felt "genuine" remorse.
Garrison was found to be two times over California's limit for alcohol in the blood after the accident on 2 December 2006.
The crash killed Vahagn Setian, 17, and injured two 15-year-old girls who were also in the car.
Superior Court Judge Elden S Fox said the public had a right to know that "conduct such as this, causing devastation such as this" would be punished.
"In this case, you have to be the messenger," he told the actor, who was also ordered to pay around $300,000 (£144,000) in compensation to the victims and their families.
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