WASHINGTON, Pa. -- A former Washington Wild Things baseball coach was sentenced Wednesday to a minimum of two years and three months in jail for causing a car crash that killed two people.

A Washington County judge said Roy Jacobs could serve a maximum of five years for his convictions on homicide by vehicle and DUI charges in connection with the December 2005 collision in Canton Township.

Police said the early-morning wreck happened near the Chestnut Street exit on Interstate 70, not long after a Christmas party that was attended by Wild Things employees including Jacobs, 29, of Louisville, Ohio.

A westbound pickup truck crossed the median and struck a car in the eastbound lanes, police said. Jacobs and Robert Bernardini, 46, of South Franklin Township, were thrown from the truck, and Bernardini was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the car -- Richard Morris, 51, of Canonsburg -- was also killed.

During the trial, Jacobs testified that he drove from the party to a bar in North Strabane, but he said Bernardini was behind the wheel when they left the bar before the crash happened.