"Prison Break" actor Lane Garrison, charged with vehicular manslaughter in the death of a Beverly Hills teen, has spoken out for the first time since the fatal December car accident.
"I pray every day for all the families involved," Garrison tells People magazine. "I realize I will live with a sense of guilt for the rest of my life."
On Dec. 2, Garrison, who played "Tweener" on the FOX jailhouse drama, was driving his Land Rover SUV in Beverly Hills with three teenage passengers when the vehicle struck a tree around midnight. Police later said the 27-year-old had cocaine in his system and more than twice the legal blood-alcohol level at the time of the crash.
Vahagn Setian, 17, was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. A 15-year-old girl, also in the car, is recuperating at home with a fractured pelvis and shattered arm; a second girl, also 15, was not seriously injured.
Garrison faces up to six years and eight months in state prison if convicted. He is due back in court on April 11. "We plan to plead guilty to some charges and the sentencing will be up to the judge," his lawyer said. "Lane accepts responsibility; the judge will decide sentencing and Lane will accept it."
