Driver Pollis gets 7 years for 2023 drunken crash that killed Texas college student

Lynlee Pollis was sentenced to seven years in prison after a drunken driving crash in 2023 killed Southern Methodist University student Honor Wallace and seriously injured Wallace’s friend Catherine “CeCe” Solberg.

State District Judge Jennifer Balido also imposed 10 years of probation after Pollis’s release and ordered that Pollis serve 15 days in jail each year she is on probation, with those annual periods to include the victims’ birthdays, Pollis’s birthday, Christmas and the date of the crash.

Prosecutors presented evidence that Pollis had been drinking heavily before she drove and that her blood alcohol concentration was 0.294%, a level the reporting describes as nearly four times the legal limit. Local reporting says jurors convicted Pollis of intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault earlier in October.

Fox 4’s reporting cites Dallas County court records and earlier coverage that place the collision at the intersection of Monticello Avenue and North Central Expressway on September 24, 2023, when Pollis ran a red light and struck the vehicle carrying Wallace and Solberg.

Accounts in the package agree on the core facts — the death of Honor Wallace, the serious injury of Catherine Solberg, the guilty verdicts and the seven-year sentence — though outlets vary in which procedural and factual details they emphasize.

The court’s sentence combines a lengthy prison term with an extended period of supervised release and a recurring short jail term built into probation, a structure prosecutors described as reflecting the severity of Pollis’s conduct.

Defense arguments at trial, as reported, asked jurors to consider probation because Pollis had no prior felony convictions, while prosecutors urged a prison sentence given the speed, the reported BAC level, and the traffic violation described in court records.

The available reports quote prosecutors’ factual claims about intoxication and driving behavior from arrest affidavits and court filings; they do not provide independent forensic verification beyond citing those records and trial testimony.

Police and court records cited in local reporting provide the factual basis the stories use for the crash location, the BAC result and the procedural history through conviction and sentencing.