Driver who killed college student in drunken crash learns fate with unusual parole terms

A drunk driver was sentenced to seven years behind bars for fatally plowing down a college student and seriously injuring another in Texas in 2023 — and must return to jail for 15 days annually, including Christmas, her birthday and the victims’ birthdays, for a decade after she’s released. Lynlee Pollis, 30, was convicted of intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault for killing Southern Methodist University student Honor Wallace and leaving the college student’s pal Catherine “CeCe” Solberg seriously injured in a drunken crash in Dallas in September 2023, The Dallas Morning News reported. In addition to being locked up for seven years, Pollis must serve 10 years of probation after her release and must report to jail for 15 days each year she’s on probation, State District Judge Jennifer Balido ordered.The 15 days include the three days around both Wallace’s and Solberg’s birthdays, Pollis’ own birthday, Christmas and the date of the tragic drunken collision.“You were so drunk and you wouldn’t admit it,” Solberg’s father Bobby said to Pollis during his victim impact statement.“You made us sit through this [trial] for three weeks.”“We’ve seen no personal accountability from you,” he fumed.Wallace’s father echoed similar sentiments when it was his turn, slamming Pollis’ “selfishness.”“You took the most precious gift from us through your selfishness,” David Wallace said.

“Own it.Own what you did.”Pollis’ sentence was handed down Wednesday after the jury deliberated for around three hours at the end of an emotional two-and-a-half-week trial. The reckless driver was speeding at 67 mph in a 35 mph zone through a red traffic light in Dallas when she slammed into Wallace and Solberg’s vehicle, the outlet previously reported. Wallace, 19, was pronounced dead at the hospital and Solberg, who was in the passenger seat, was left with a broken collarbone and traumatic brain injury.A friend of the college st...