A Ramona man who admitted to driving under the influence of methamphetamine and killing a woman on her morning walk was sentenced Dec. 15 to six years in state prison after a judge said he was too dangerous to be put on probation.
   Carl William David, Jr., 36, told San Diego Superior Court Judge Kathleen Lewis he frequently wakes up in the middle of the night after dreaming of seeing the face of the victim, Sandra Kennedy, 63. She was killed on Oct. 14 in the 12600 block of Sabre Springs Parkway near where she lived.
   Kennedy was walking on the sidewalk around 9 a.m. when David’s Chevrolet van jumped the curb and hit her. She was carried about 96 feet by the van, and died at the scene, said Deputy District Attorney Amy Colby. She asked the judge to impose a 10-year term.
   “He’s a long-term addict,” said Colby, adding that David injects the drug into his body for “an instant high.”
   Colby said a friend had warned him that morning he wasn’t safe to be on the road. David reportedly had been on a three-day meth binge and had not slept very much in that time period.
   Lewis said while David was eligible for probation, she didn’t think he would comply with probation conditions. She said he was driving on a suspended license and was on misdemeanor probation at the time.
   “The defendant is a danger to others if not imprisoned. He was aware of his substance abuse issues,” said the judge.
   David was fined $1,230 and given credit for 63 days spent in jail since the incident. Lewis ordered David to pay restitution to the victim’s family, but left the amount to be determined at a future restitution hearing.
   David said he has remorse for the crime.
   “I continually wake up in the middle of the night, having her face in my dreams every night and will probably have for many years to come,” said David.
A friend of the victim scolded David, saying “you chose to do methamphetamine. You chose to get behind the wheel of that car. You chose to get on that road.”
   Colby said she considered filing a second-degree murder case against David because of his drug history, but didn’t based on his actions after striking the woman. The prosecutor said that, once David realized he had struck the woman, he stopped the van and flagged down others. He told a minor in the car to call 911 and did not flee the scene, said Colby.
   The judge said she didn’t impose the 10-year term because he didn’t have a felony conviction and cited his actions after the collision. She noted that David pleaded guilty quite early in the case to gross vehicular manslaughter while under the influence of methamphetamine.
   After he pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter on Nov. 12, Lewis dismissed the remaining charges, which included driving with a suspended license and unauthorized possession of a hypodermic needle.