A man who drove his car with his wife, who was unable to walk, and a dog into Big Bear Lake — killing both — was sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Ronald Hitchcock, 61, of Big Bear City, was sentenced April 4 before Judge J. David Mazurek in San Bernardino Superior Court, according to online records.

Hitchcock was able to get out of the vehicle in September 2012. But his wife, Deborah Crouch, who suffered from health issues that left her unable to walk, and a black Labrador named Onyx never made it out, according to the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office.

Hitchcock who was heard by a neighbor saying, “She is not going to get out of this one,” after driving the car into the lake was convicted of second-degree murder and animal cruelty Jan. 30, according to an earlier news release.

An autopsy performed on Crouch, 53, determined she drowned, but it also revealed that she had bruising all over her body consistent with physical violence and defensive wounds, the news release states.

At trial, prosecutors played a dive video that showed the victim floating in the car and the dog pinned between a partially rolled-down window.