An Abbotsford man guilty of drunk driving in a crash that left a nine-year-old boy a quadriplegic has been sentenced to 15 months in jail.

Jan Abram Hiebert, 50, pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing bodily harm for a collision on Townline Road that left Arshdeep Sidhu with a severed spine, some degree of brain damage and dependent on a ventilator.

Judge Ronald Caryer called the crash “horrific,” saying the consequences to the young boy’s family were unfathomable.

“It would be trite to say anything the court could do can ever change the impact to this family,” said Caryer.

“Arshdeep Sidhu will never heal.”