Maricopa County will pay more than $1.2 million to two parties involved in a car crash with a sleep-deprived sheriff's deputy last year. The settlement was approved by the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday.

The separate claims alleged that Aaron Engelbeck, a deputy with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, was going more than 30 miles over the speed limit while driving west on Riggs Road in Chandler on the afternoon of Aug. 5, 2008. Engelbeck crossed into eastbound traffic lanes and collided with a car travelling the opposite direction.

The driver of that vehicle, Mark Buchanan, had to be airlifted to a Scottsdale hospital, where he underwent multiple surgeries and skin grafts, according to the notice of claim. He suffered severe and permanent injuries, his claim stated.

Buchanan's attorneys claimed that Engelbeck had fallen asleep at the wheel.

Buchanan's suit also accused the Sheriff's Office of negligence, stating that the deputy had less than four hours of sleep because he had been working more than 26 of the 30 hours prior to the collision.

The crash caused another vehicle to collide with Buchanan's car. The second driver, Rachelle Allen, sustained less severe injuries, but her vehicle was declared a total loss, according to her claim.

"On behalf of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and Deputy Engelbeck, what occurred on Aug. 5 was unfortunate," spokeswoman Lisa Allen wrote in an e-mail. "Our hope is for a full recovery by those injured."

Allen received $75,000 in the settlement; Buchanan received $1.1 million.