"Franco's sentence will end," Lyon County District Judge David Peterson said. "For those parents dealing with injuries, it's a daily struggle. For the parents dealing with lost children, it's a lifetime of could-have-beens and might-have-beens that never will be."

Through an interpreter, Franco, 24, asked for forgiveness for using someone else's identity. Franco is Guatemalan and at the time of the crash was living and working in Minnesota illegally under an assumed name.

She also asked for forgiveness for the crash, but still denied being the driver.

The families of the four children who were killed — Jesse Javens, 13; his brother, Hunter Javens, 9; Emilee Olson, 9; and Reed Stevens, 12 — all spoke during the hearing. Fourteen other people were hurt.

"Our family has a huge hole that will never be fixed," said Traci Olson, Emilee's mother, during the hearing.

Kandy Stevens, Reed's mother, said she didn't think her son's death was an accident. "(Franco) should not have been in this country," Stevens said. "(Franco) should never have been driving."