Lynlee Pollis, 30, was sentenced Wednesday after being convicted of intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault in the September 2023 crash that killed 19-year-old Southern Methodist University student Honor Wallace and seriously injured her friend, Catherine “CeCe” Solberg, according to The Dallas Morning News.<\/p>\n
State District Judge Jennifer Balido also ordered Pollis to serve 10 years of probation following her release from prison, including 15 days in jail annually.<\/p>\n
Some of the required jail dates coincide with the victims’ birthdays, Pollis’ birthday and the anniversary of the deadly crash, according to the newspaper.<\/p>\n
NEVADA PAROLE BOARD REJECTS HENRY RUGGS III’S BID FOR EARLY RELEASE AFTER DEADLY 156 MPH DUI CRASH<\/a><\/p>\n Lynlee Pollis, 30, was sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault in a 2023 Dallas crash that killed a college student. (Facebook)<\/p>\n The sentence came after roughly three hours of jury deliberations<\/a> following a two-and-a-half-week trial.<\/p>\n During the trial, Solberg’s father, Bobby Solberg, delivered an emotional victim impact statement criticizing Pollis for putting the families through the lengthy proceedings.<\/p>\n “You were so drunk and you wouldn\u2019t admit it. You made us sit through this [trial] for three weeks,” Solberg said. “We\u2019ve seen no personal accountability from you.”<\/p>\n PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN LEARNS FATE IN BOAT CRASH CASE THAT KILLED TEEN, MAIMED ANOTHER<\/a><\/p>\n A Texas woman convicted in a deadly drunken-driving crash was ordered to serve additional jail time each year during her probation following her prison sentence. (Dallas County Jail\/Southern Methodist University)<\/p>\n Wallace’s father, David Wallace, also confronted Pollis in his victim impact statement.<\/p>\n “You took the most precious gift from us through your selfishness,” he said. “Own it. Own what you did.”<\/p>\n On Sept. 24, 2023, Wallace was driving her Volkswagen Jetta through a green light in Dallas when Pollis’ Lexus SUV slammed into her vehicle.<\/p>\n Wallace was pronounced dead at the hospital, while Solberg, a passenger in the Jetta, suffered a shoulder injury and concussion. She was later diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, according to The Dallas Morning News.<\/p>\n DRUNK REPEAT OFFENDER CALLED A ‘TICKING TIME-BOMB’ BEFORE 80-MPH BOATING COLLISION KILLED WOMAN: PROSECUTORS<\/a><\/p>\n Lynlee Pollis was convicted in connection with a September 2023 crash that killed 19-year-old Honor Wallace and seriously injured another Southern Methodist University student. (Facebook)<\/p>\n According to testimony from prosecution experts cited by the newspaper, Pollis was traveling approximately 67 mph in a 35-mph zone and drove through a traffic light that had been red for at least five seconds.<\/p>\n Pollis’ husky named Tequila, who was also in the vehicle, was not hurt.<\/p>\n The newspaper reported that testing showed Pollis had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.294%, nearly four times Texas’ legal limit of 0.08%.<\/p>\n According to the initial arrest affidavit, officers noticed Pollis had glassy eyes, slurred speech and an odor of alcohol when they interviewed her at the hospital.<\/p>\n Her attorneys had sought probation rather than prison, pointing to her lack of prior felony convictions<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Lynlee](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/texas-woman-pollis-drunken-driving-sentencing.jpg\")
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