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A 53-year-old man who was left partially paralyzed after surgery to remove a brain tumor was sentenced to 6 years in prison Monday for reckless homicide.

Steven O’Neill of 619 Area Drive, McHenry, was sentenced by Judge Henry Cowlin for the Jan. 14 death of Shannon Walley, 19, of Wonder Lake.

Walley was a passenger in a westbound car on Illinois Highway 120 near Chapel Hill Road that was struck head-on by O’Neill’s van. O’Neill was diagnosed with the brain tumor after the crash and is partially paralyzed in his left leg.