A Columbia teenager received a nine-year prison sentence for driving under the influence and causing a crash that killed a Columbia High School student just over a year ago in Monroe County.

Trevor Stawizynski, 17, pleaded guilty in July to a charge of aggravated DUI/causing a death and was sentenced on Wednesday, according to Monroe County court records. He will be required to serve 85% of the nine-year sentence. Two other charges — aggravated DUI/crash with bodily harm and reckless homicide — were dismissed.

Crawford Bryant, who was a 15-year-old sophomore and soccer player at Columbia High School, died in the single-vehicle crash on Sept. 1, 2024, on Hanover Road about a quarter mile west of Illinois 3, authorities said. Shortly before the crash, a Waterloo police officer had seen the

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