GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man who killed his fiancee in a drunken-driving crash has been sentenced to five to eight years in prison.

A judge on Tuesday sentenced 30-year-old Johnny Alvarez. He pleaded no contest to felony motor vehicle homicide and driving under the influence in September. Both charges were reduced in a plea deal.

Alvarez was hospitalized for four months after the August 2013 crash that killed passenger Jamie Lohman Sandate. He had two pervious DUI convictions and his blood alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit at the time.

Authorities say he lost control of his car, hit an electrical pole and then drove into a tree. Sandate died at the scene.