Judge sends wrestler's son to jail for 8 months for crash that disabled man

Published Friday May 9th, 2008

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CLEARWATER, Fla. - A judge in Florida says the 17-year-old son of wrestler Hulk Hogan must serve eight months in jail for reckless driving.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Pinellas County Sheriff's Office

In this photo provided by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Nick Bollea, 17, is shown in this police booking mug shot Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 in Clearwater, Fla.

Nick Bollea was led off to begin his sentence immediately after Friday's ruling. When he's released, he will be on five years' probation and lose his driving privileges for three years.

Authorities say Bollea was racing a friend in his father's sports car when he clipped a curb, spun out of control and slammed into a palm tree in downtown Clearwater, Florida, last August.

The impact left his friend critically injured and in need of lifetime medical care.

Bollea pleaded no contest to the reckless driving charge.

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