LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lane Garrison was sentenced to three years and four months in prison Wednesday for a drunken driving crash that killed a 17-year-old Beverly Hills High student last December.

"The public has the right to know that conduct such as this, causing devastation such as this" will have consequences, said Superior Court Judge Elden S. Fox.

"Unfortunately, in this case, you have to be the messenger," he told the former "Prison Break" actor.

Garrison, 27 could have received nearly seven years in prison. He had no reaction to the sentencing and was taken away in handcuffs. Two 15-year-old girls who also were in the vehicle survived.

Garrison met the teens at a grocery store and accompanied them to a party. At the time of the crash, Garrison had a blood-alcohol level of 0.20 percent, more than twice the legal limit for driving, and was under the influence of cocaine, according to police.

Garrison pleaded guilty in May to one count of vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence, one count of driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol level of 0.15 percent or higher and a misdemeanor of providing alcohol to a minor. Fox imposed both prison time and four years' parole and ordered Garrison to pay around $300,000 in restitution to the victims and their families.