Santiago "Jimmy" Armijo, 18, the driver in an accident that killed two Taos teenagers last year near Delta, Colo., was sentenced Tuesday in a Colorado court, The Taos News reported.

Armijo was sentenced to 30 days in jail, two years of supervised probation and 200 hours of community service on a single count of careless driving, the News reported.

P.J. Valdez, 14, and Jude Jaramillo, 15, were killed when they were thrown from a Kia Sorento SUV that rolled several times on U.S. 50, the paper said.

Armijo and Taos High School assistant football coach Dallas Mondragon, 34, were hospitalized with extensive injuries following the crash, according to the News.

According to Colorado State Patrol reports, Armijo was driving the SUV eastbound on U.S. 50 at a high rate of speed when he tried to pass another vehicle, but veered off the left lane into the median, overcorrected and rolled 3 1/2 times, the paper reported.

The four had been returning to Taos from a football camp in Oregon when the accident occurred, the News said. 

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