SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) - A former Pennsylvania teacher who drunkenly drove into five teenagers as they walked and biked near a school has been sentenced to 2 to 5 years in state prison.

Victor Swaboski III apologized in court Monday for the March 2012 hit-and-run. Four of the victims attended the hearing and said the sentence was lenient.

The 41-year-old must report to prison Jan. 12.

Swaboski pleaded guilty in October to aggravated assault by motor vehicle while driving under the influence and other offenses.

Police say Swaboski's blood-alcohol content level was near three times the .08 legal limit when he struck the teens and dragged a bicycle as he fled.

Police found him in the woods a half-mile away.

Swaboski later resigned from his position teaching elementary school in the Shamokin Area district.