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The California man also will have his driver's license revoked for life, as part of his sentence in the 2023 collision.

This story has been updated with the correct title for Wells Ashby, presiding judge for Deschutes County Circuit Court. Lookout Eugene-Springfield regrets the error.

A driver who caused a fatal collision north of Florence in 2023 has been sentenced to three years in prison and will lose his driver’s license “for life,” after pleading guilty Monday to criminally negligent homicide.

Prosecutors dismissed a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants as part of a plea agreement reached with 26-year-old Ravi Artemus Polini of Fort Bragg, Calif., according to court records.

Polini had disputed that intoxication played a role in the collision. A statement submitted to the court by Polini’s attorney says that Polini has “been adamant that intoxication or impairment because of intoxication were not a contributing factor or at fault in this accident,” with the collision instead resulting from Polini falling asleep at the wheel.

But court records show that for sentencing purposes his conviction was categorized as a Level 9 offense, which under state law is the same level as the crime of criminally negligent homicide committed by an intoxicated driver. Wells Ashby, presiding judge for Deschutes County Circuit Court, signed the judgment, entered in Lane County Circuit Court.

In June 2023, a pickup truck driven by Polini drifted from its lane while headed north on Highway 101, striking a stationary car at a stop sign on Sutton Lake Road, killing an occupant of the car, Logan Jacob Scott, 31, of Florence, according to published reports.

Polini’s sentence also includes 36 months of post-prison supervision.