NORWICH – At the time of an accident which claimed the life of a Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton High School student and amputated the leg of another, the 17-year-old who was driving on a learner’s permit said he was so intoxicated he couldn’t recall the moment of collision.

Trebor E. Hoxie, now 18, pleaded guilty in court Monday to aggravated vehicular homicide before Otsego County Court Judge Brian D. Burns and was sentenced to 3 to 9 years in state prison as part of a plea arrangement with prosecutors.

Hoxie admitted he was the driver of a van in an April 18, 2009 accident in the Town of Bainbrige that killed 18-year-old Ashley Crisell and seriously injured three other teenage passengers. The 5:30 a.m. Saturday accident occurred after the youths had spent the night out partying.

The New York State Police reported that Crisell suffered major head trauma and was pronounced dead at Wilson Regional Medical Center in Johnson City following the accident.

Police released the injuries and names of the three other teen passengers involved in the incident.

• Kathryn McLaughlin, 17, of Mount Upton, suffered a skull fracture, broken pelvis, and foot amputation.

• Darren Houck, 18, of Norwich, suffered multiple injuries and a punctured lung.

• Kathryn Card, 17, of Morris, suffered a broken right shoulder and a cut to her left upper thigh.

• Hoxie received the least of the group’s injuries and was treated at Lourdes Hospital for minor abrasions and complaints of pain before being taken into custody by troopers.

Emergency crews were called to the scene at around 5:55 a.m. that morning along state Route 206. Hoxie said he was driving the green 2001 Dodge Caravan. Troopers reported that the vehicle veered off the right side of the road, struck a guide rail and overturned several times before coming to a rest on its wheels, still in the roadway.

Troopers also said none of the teens were wearing seat belts and all of the occupants were ejected from the vehicle as it rolled down the road.

In court yesterday, District Attorney Joseph McBride said state police accident reconstruction experts reported they found no evidence of braking at the scene and believed Hoxie may have fallen asleep at the wheel. McBride said the posted speed limit in the area was 55 miles per hour and police estimated the speed of the van at between 57 and 63 miles per hour when it struck the guardrail. The DA also told the court that lab tests showed Hoxie’s blood alcohol level was somewhere between .14 and .24 at the time of the accident.