Pulp Fiction writer goes to jail for one year for DUI crash death
Posted By Lloyd Golburgh on Oct 1, 2009 9:21am PDT
'Pulp Fiction' writer sentenced in fatal DUI crash
VENTURA, Calif. — An Oscar-winning screenwriter of "Pulp Fiction" has been sentenced to a year in jail for causing a fatal traffic crash in Southern California.
Roger Avary was sentenced Tuesday in a Ventura court. He also received five years of probation.
Avary pleaded guilty in August to gross vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving for the 2008 crash that killed a passenger in Avary's Mercedes in Ventura County. Authorities say Avary's car was traveling at more than 100 mph when it crashed into a telephone pole.
Avary's wife was ejected from the vehicle and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Avary and Quentin Tarantino share the 1995 Academy Award for writing "Pulp Fiction." He also co-wrote the screenplay for the movie "Beowulf."