A Brentwood man, who admitted drinking and smoking marijuana before driving at speeds around 100 mph on the Long Island Expressway and causing a crash that nearly killed a Suffolk County officer, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison.

Cody B. Fisher, 29, his voice unsteady and his hands cuffed behind his back, told a Riverhead courtroom packed with police officers that "I wish I could take it back. I pray for him just as much as I do for myself, and I hope that he will come to a full recovery."

Fisher pleaded guilty in September before Suffolk Supreme Court Justice John B. Collins to assault on a police officer, second-degree assault and four other crimes outlined in a 10-count indictment in connection with the Jan. 5 crash, which left Suffolk Highway Patrol Officer Brendon Gallagh

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