Lane Garrison Sentenced For Vehicular Manslaughter

Lane Garrison was sentenced to three years and eight months in state prison for the death of 17 year old Vaughn Setian last december.

He started his sentence immediately.Garrison could have received a seven year sentence.He'll also have to pay $300,000 in restitution to the victim's family.

This follows a wreck in which the 27 year old actor crashed his car, with Setian and two 15 year old girls inside.The girls survived the crash, but Setian did not.

Police say Garrison had been drinking and under the influence of cocaine at the time of the crash
Lane Garrison is best known for the role of David "Tweener" Apolskis on the television series Prison Break.

Garrison was driving a 2001 Land Rover on December 2 when he lost control and rammed a tree. The crash killed his passenger Vahagn Setian, a Beverly Hills High School student. Two 15-year-old girls in the car survived.

Police said the actor had a blood-alcohol content of 0.20 per cent, more than twice the legal limit for driving, and was under the influence of cocaine, according to police.

Before the ruling, Garrison apologized to the victim's family.

"I'm sick of my own behaviour that night," he said. "This remorse is genuine. I feel it every day."

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