The driver accused in a fatal crash that killed an Oregon community college softball player and head coach has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison.

The judge imposed the sentence against Johnathan James Dowdy, 33, as several members of the Umpqua Community College softball team, the entire soccer team and the school’s president and athletic director looked on.

Dowdy was driving his pickup April 18 when he crossed the center line and crashed into a bus carrying 10 members of the softball team, according to Oregon State Police. The team was on the road from a game in Coos Bay.

Coach Jami Strinz, 46, who was driving the Chevrolet Express bus, and freshman Kiley Jones, 19, who played first base, died. The other eight passengers on the bus suffered moderate to serious injuries,

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