# Driver sentenced to 7 years for college student death

> Texas driver gets 7 years jail for drunk crash killing college student.
- Title: Driver sentenced to 7 years for college student death
- Summary: Texas driver gets 7 years jail for drunk crash killing college student. Lynlee Pollis, 30, received 7 years in prison for fatally hitting a college student…
- Keywords: lynlee pollis, honor wallace, cece solberg, dallas, intoxication manslaughter, probation, jail time, news, entertainment, Driver, sentenced, years
- Source: New York Post — https://nypost.com/2026/10/15/us-news/dallas-driver-guilty-of-killing-college-student-in-drunken-crash-sentenced-to-7-years-behind-bars
- Published: 2026-10-16T01:53:22+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: lynlee pollis, honor wallace, cece solberg, dallas, intoxication manslaughter, probation, jail time, news, entertainment
## Lynlee Pollis sentenced
Lynlee Pollis, 30, was sentenced to seven years behind bars for fatally plowing down a college student in Dallas in 2023.
## Additional jail terms
Pollis must return to jail for 15 days annually, including Christmas, her birthday and victims’ birthdays, for a decade after release.
## Victim impact statements
Solberg’s father said Pollis was so drunk she wouldn’t admit it and made them sit through trial for three weeks.

> You were so drunk and you wouldn’t admit it
## Blood alcohol test
Pollis had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.294% hours after the crash, nearly four times Texas’s legal limit.
## Defense arguments
Defense claimed Pollis was not drunk and blood alcohol evidence was unreliable due to collection and storage issues.
## Sentence details
Pollis must serve 10 years of probation after release and report to jail for 15 days each year she’s on probation.
## Key takeaway

Lynlee Pollis, 30, received 7 years in prison for fatally hitting a college student in Dallas in 2023.