The Lincoln Journal Star reports that 23-year-old Tyler Wilson on Thursday was given four to eight years behind bars. He’d pleaded no contest to a manslaughter charge in the death of 21-year-old Jessie McCain.
Prosecutors say McCain was on the back of Wilson’s motorcycle going at least 80 mph in a 40 mph zone in 2014.
Wilson says he laid the bike down on the pavement to avoid a sport utility vehicle turning in front of them. McCain hit the SUV and died at the scene.
Before receiving his sentence, Wilson said he thinks about the crash every day and that he “never meant for this to happen.”