Lane Garrison
In 2006, actor Lane Garrison’s career prospects were looking good. He had a recurring role on Prison Break as David “Tweener” Apolskis (2005-07) as well as a small part in the Mark Wahlberg action blockbuster Shooter (2007). But on Dec. 2, 2006, the 26-year-old star decided to party with some teens he met in a grocery store parking lot, and everything went sideways.
According to People, Garrison went to a party with the teens and was “driving them back to the store” when he lost control of his Land Rover and hit a tree. Seventeen-year-old passenger Vahagn Setian was rushed to the hospital but did not survive. An unidentified 15-year-old female passenger suffered “a fractured pelvis and shattered arm,” and another 15-year-old female passenger was “not seriously injured.” At the time of the crash, People reported that Garrison’s blood alcohol level was .20 and police reported that he had “an undisclosed amount of cocaine his system, according to a blood test.”
Garrison pleaded guilty to “vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence and two other alcohol-related charges,” according to People. He was sentenced to 40 months in prison.
After serving his time, Garrison told the Today show that it was difficult for him to not be able to reach out to the Setian family on account of a court order barring him from contacting them. “There’s a family that doesn’t have their son. The least of my worries was doing jail time. The whole notion that I was responsible for someone losing their life, that’s what really ate me up inside. This is something that I am never going to get over, they’re never going to get over,” Garrison said.
