DECATUR, Ill. (WAND)- A man was sentenced to 9 years in prison after plea guilty to running over a woman in a deadly hit-and-run. 

According to officials, Christopher R. Castelli, 33, has been sentenced to 9 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections to be followed by a 1-year period of mandatory supervised release, for the death of 27-year-old Alisha Gordon.

Avia Templar was outside the Macon County Courthouse on Tuesday holding a sign that said #JusticeForAlishaGordon. Templar said she was friends with Gordon for years and they were actually pregnant at the same time. 

"I couldn't get out of bed for a week," she said. "It was so unbelievable." 

Gordon died on Oct. 30, 2020, after a fight between the two broke out while driving which led to Castelli hitting Gordon with a car door as he backed up, police said. 

Gordon's body was found at the intersection of Kent Avenue and Dolphin Court, located in the Park City mobile home community. She was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Authorities said surveillance video showed a sedan stopping on Kent before a front seat passenger tried to leave the vehicle. The driver accelerate in reverse, knocking the victim to the ground before running her over. 

Templar told WAND News she was upset with the partial plea deal Castelli took back in July. 

"I just feel like her life has been taken and she gets no justice." 

Castelli was sentenced on Tuesday to 9 years and will be given credit for time previously served in custody from November 3, 2020 through August 23, 2021.

His family did not want to provide a comment to WAND News after sentencing. In the courtroom, Castelli told the judge was he sorry for his actions.Â