She has also been prohibited from driving for four years and 66 days — the time remaining on a five-year prohibition that kicked in at the time of the offence.
A community service order of 40 hours is to be completed over the course of one year in Conception Bay South.
Courtroom No. 7 — the largest at provincial court — was packed, including a large crowd of young people.
The room grew silent as the sentence was delivered by Judge Colin Flynn, who acknowledged that the young woman had taken responsibity and expressed remorse to the victim’s family in court.
He noted she had no previous criminal record and has struggled with what happened.
The judge also noted the teen was driving fast in a residential neighbourhood on slippery roads.
No one on either side of the case spoke immediately after the sentencing. Davis' mother wept during the sentencing.
The convicted teen was embraced and hugged by family members and friends but did not have anthing to say to media.
The 18-year-old woman’s name is banned from publication because she was 17, a youth, at the time of the tragic crash in 2015.
She pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death in October 2016.
On Dec. 23, 2015, she was driving a 2006 Saturn Ion at excessive speeds when the car spun out of control on Peacekeepers Way, off the Conception Bay South Highway, killing 17-year-old Alyssa Davis, who was the passenger.
According to the agreed statement of facts, the incident happened just after 10 p.m. on Tibb’s Eve 2015.
The young woman was driving, with Davis in the passenger seat and two other friends, teenage boys, in the back seat.
After a trip to McDonald’s, they went to Ned Nugent’s Field, where they noticed another girl on the parking lot in her car.
According to witness statements, the girl and one of the teenage boys in the same car as Davis had an ongoing disagreement involving a small amount of money owed to her.
When they saw each other, the young woman - who had only had her licence for three months - sped away in an attempt to avoid her.
One of the teenage boys recalls Davis saying, “Go, go.” He said he and the other boy had their seatbelts on, but the girls - the young woman who was driving and Davis - didn’t. He said he told them to put theirs on, but they said no.
A pursuit ensued off the main roads of C.B.S., covering six kilometres, primarily through narrow and dark residential streets, some with sharp turns and blind corners.
The weather at the time was overcast, with temperatures around freezing, and the road had both wet and dry pavement.
The cars were travelling at speeds up to 80 km/h on residential roads, 90 km/h on Legion Road and 140 km/h on Peacekeepers Way.
When the cars got on the Legion Road ramp to the highway, the young woman lost control of her car, which fishtailed during her attempt to take a left turn onto Peacekeepers Way. She and Davis were both ejected from the vehicle. The driver of the other car pulled over and ran to help.
A critical speed analyst estimated the young woman’s speed was between 117 and 152 km/h at the time of the accident.
The chief medical examiner determined that the cause of Davis’s death was a severe head injury caused by lateral crushing of the skull.
