GOLDEN, Colo. -- A Lakewood teenager who lied to police about her role in a car crash that killed a classmate was sentenced Friday to 45 days in juvenile detention.

Alison Bowen, 16, was taken into custody immediately after the sentencing.

She'll do three days now, then 10 more during spring break and another 30 days once she graduates from her homeschool.

Bowen admitted to driving under the influence of alcohol in connection with the March 2007 crash that killed Samara Stricklen, 17. Bowen also admitted to attempting to influence a public servant by changing seats with another teen and lying to police about who was driving.

Bowen's friend, 17-year-old Nanette LaFleur, is accused of driving drunk when the SUV crossed over the median and crashed into another vehicle near Florida and Alameda in Lakewood. That head-on collision killed Stricklen and severely injured Seth Mutschler, 20.

"I still haven't cried yet since the beginning. Because I can't. Like, if I do, it won't stop because like, this is so hard," Mutschler said.

Mutschler left court Friday when Bowen faced the Stricklen family to express her remorse.

"Yeah, she was just trying to make herself feel better and I wasn't going to listen to her," he said.

Samara Stricklen was described by family and friends as a bright student at Green Mountain High who easily traveled between the speaking and hearing world and her own deaf, mute family situation.

Friday's sentencing hearing went well over two hours.

District Court Judge Brian Boatright had to move proceedings to another, larger courtroom when more than 50 people arrived at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Golden.

One of the more emotional moments came when Stricklen's mother, Michelle, who cannot hear or speak, conveyed her feelings about losing her daughter by way of an interpreter.

"She enjoyed life. And now my house is completely silent," Michelle Stricklen-Long said. "And I'm gonna try and keep her memory alive."

Bowen must pay a $1,000 fine, perform 100 hours of community service with Mother's Against Drunk Driving, another 50 hours of community service with the hearing-impaired community, obey a 5 p.m. curfew, and undergo two years of intensive juvenile probation.

It's a sentence Jefferson County District Attorney Scott Storey called very difficult.

"I felt relieved. I felt like there was a burden taken off my shoulders," Stricklen-Long said.

"I feel that it was, yeah, a really good step in the right direction," Mutschler said.

In court, Bowen's attorney told the judge his client was drinking and smoking pot on the night of the crash.

He also answered claims by Stricklen's family that Bowen never showed remorse by explaining a court-issued restraining order preventing her from contacting the family.

Police said an investigation revealed Bowen was not driving at the time of the crash and Nanette LaFleur, 17, was indicted on nine counts in June 2007 of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and attempting to influence a public servant. She is schedule to be arraigned at 3 p.m. on Feb. 25. That is when she will enter a plea in the case.

Three other juveniles in the vehicle were charged with possession of alcohol. The store clerk accused of selling the minors alcohol, Van Thien Pham, 44, was also indicted. He faces 10 counts of unlawfully providing alcohol to a minor for allegedly selling alcohol to the teens involved in the crash.