Monday, Judge Chad A. Kepros in Johnson County District Court handed down his sentence in a fatal 2023 car crash in Iowa City. The judge ruled, 25-year-old Drake Brezina of Washington, who pled guilty to a pair of felonies for his involvement in the crash that killed 30-year-old Kristina Pearson of Wellman, and injured her partner Christopher Brown, would serve five years of probation. The charges, Homicide By Vehicle-Reckless Driving, a Class C Felony and Serious Injury By Vehicle, a Class D Felony, carried a maximum possible sentence of 10 and five years respectively.