Almost a year ago, on August 26, 2008, Nick Bollea (aka Nick Hogan) was speeding up to 100mph when he crashed his car. His friend and passenger, John Graziano, has been in and out of a coma since. He will spend the rest of his life in a nursing home and will probably never walk or talk again. Sad!

John’s family sued Nick Hogan, due to his reckless driving in the past and the fact that there was alcohol in his system at the time of the accident. Yikes. Today Nick was sentenced to 8 months in a county jail, 5 years of probation (he cannot drink alcohol while on probation), 500 hours of community service and his drivers license it suspended for 5 years. Before you said “good, he deserved it,” here’s what Nick had to say:

“I would like to apologize to the Grazianos and to my family for the accident. Every single day I think about the accident and about John. I will never ever be able to say I’m sorry enough. I’m ready to take my punishment.”

Well, its all very sad but at least he recognizes that he has made a mistake and its actually owning up to it.