MIDDLEBURG — A New Columbia man, who pleaded guilty in September to vehicular homicide while driving under the influence, will spend 3½ to 10 years in prison. Myron C. Myers was sentenced Wednesday in Snyder County Court.

State police at Selinsgrove said Myers, 33, of New Columbia, lost control of his pickup truck and veered head-on into the path of a 1997 Ford Escort at 10:50 p.m. April 1 driven by Steven A. Walter, 44, of Middleburg, on the wet Middleburg-New Berlin Highway in Franklin Township. Walter was killed.

Myers told police he had spent 2½ hours at a Snyder County tavern just before the crash.

He pleaded guilty on Sept 29 to vehicular homicide while driving under the influence — a second-degree felony with a minimum term of three years in prison and a maximum of 10 years and a $25,000 fine. He also pleaded guilty to a DUI count that carries a maximum six-month probationary period and a $300 fine.