Lisa Dean sentenced to 10 years for fatal crash

By: Melissa Hudson

Posted: Aug 4, 2017 2:49 PM EST

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Lisa Dean, 37, was sentenced to ten years in prison in connection with a crash that killed 63-year-old Alan Zellers in July 2016.

Dean was traveling northbound on Ironwood Drive around 8 p.m. on July 9th when she crossed the center lane and struck Zellers' motorcycle, which was traveling southbound.

Zellers died the following day.

Dean was sentenced to 10 years for operating a motor vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance in the blood.

Four years of the sentence was suspended. She will also serve 2 years of probation.

Her license was suspended for 12 years and she must pay over $15,000 in restitution.

Dean pleaded guilty to driving while suspended and operating a motor vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance in the blood on Jun 29, 2017 without an agreement on the charges.