A Haines, Alaska man has been sentenced for a motor vehicle collision that injured three people in Haines Junction.

In April, Dennim Hagwood, 24, pled guilty to one charge of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.

He was recently sentenced by Yukon Supreme Court Justice Leigh Gower to serve 90 days intermittently at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre.

Hagwood was charged after the Dodge Ram pickup truck he was driving on May 8, 2016 left the Marshall Creek Road and flipped over.

He and three friends, Alvin Griffith, Lynne Raita and Orian Sinkler, had been target-shooting earlier that day and were on their way back to Haines Junction.

There were also two dogs in the back of the truck.

According to court documents, the road was gravel and relatively narrow, with no shoulders.

While a sign indicated a speed limit of 40 kilometres per hour at the west end of the road, Hagwood accessed the road by another route and did not pass it.

He was driving at around 98 kilometres per hour when he lost control of the truck.

It veered off the right of the road, knocking down several trees, then travelled back onto the road, where it rolled over onto its roof.

One of the dogs in the back was severely injured and had to be put down at the scene.

And all three of the passengers were taken to the Haines Junction Health Centre for treatment.

Raita suffered injuries to her neck and left foot.

Sinkler suffered some injuries to his chest and shoulder. He also lost one week of work and $1,225 in pay.

The Crown does not allege that their injuries constituted bodily harm.

Griffith suffered a skull fracture and “was initially thought to be very close to death.”

He was medevaced from Haines Junction and discharged himself from the Whitehorse General Hospital a few days later.

Griffith said he suffered back and neck issues as well as memory loss.

But he said he remains good friends with Hagwood and is grateful to him for “saving his life after the vehicle crash.”

Hagwood expressed remorse for the accident, saying he “feels very bad about what happened.”

He also offered to help Griffith with “anything he needed,” including helping him get a job and buying gear for work.

Hagwood has no criminal record in Canada nor a related driving record anywhere else.

As well, the author of a pre-sentence report described Hagwood as “having stable housing, stable employment, and stable finances, as well as being a suitable candidate for a community-based disposition.”

Crown prosecutor Keith Parkkari had sought a jail term of six months in the case.

He had also sought a driving prohibition for two years and a mandatory firearms prohibition for 10 years.

Meanwhile, defence lawyer André Roothman argued for a suspended sentence, with two years’ probation.

If a jail sentence was required, Roothman said, it should be 30 days, to be served intermittently.

Taking the mitigating factors of the case into account, Gower found that a 90-day intermittent sentence would meet the principles of denunciation and deterrence.

It would also enable Hagwood to maintain an employment schedule where he works two weeks on and two weeks off.

In addition to the 90 days’ jail time, Hagwood has been placed on probation until his sentence is served.

He is also prohibited from driving for one year and must pay Sinkler $1,400 for his lost week of wages.