BAKERSFIELD, CA. - A woman who was accused of causing a deadly crash was sentenced in court today to three years in prison.
Last month, Tessa Jennings pleaded no contest to three felony counts, including DUI and vehicular manslaughter.
The deadly accident took place in December 2012 on Sidding Road in southwest Bakersfield.
Investigators said the then 23-year-old Jennings was the driver in a solo vehicle accident that killed her passenger, 20-year-old Clayton Blake Goldman.
He died when jennings lost control and struck a tree.