MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A former Fortune 500 executive from New Hampshire who pleaded guilty to causing a crash in 2013 that killed a couple and their unborn baby has been granted parole.

Robert Dellinger apologized during a parole board meeting Thursday for the emotional damage he caused to so many people, WMUR-TV reported.

He said he knows he shouldn’t have been driving on Dec. 7, 2013, when his pickup truck crossed the median on Interstate 89 in Lebanon and killed Jason Timmons, his fiancé, Amanda Murphy, and the couple’s unborn child. He said he had been taking a mix of prescription drugs.

“I can only tell you how sorry I am for what happened, and it’s obviously had a serious impact on a number of people and I feel so remorseful you can’t even imagine,” Dellinger said.

Dellinger’s lawyers have said he was suffering from delirium due to a “toxic regime” of prescription medications for multiple sclerosis and depression.

Dellinger was a senior vice president at PPG Industries Inc.; he left in 2011. He pleaded guilty to negligent homicide for the deaths of the couple, who were from Wilder, Vermont, and to assault for the death of the fetus. His nine-year minimum sentence was reduced because of good conduct.

A message seeking comment was left at a possible number for a relative of Timmons’. A possible number listed for a relative for Murphy wasn’t working.

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