The man convicted of driving drunk and causing the crash that killed five family members in Marion County was sentenced Monday to 34 years in prison, the Salem Statesman Journal reported.

The paper noted a powerful eight-minute video that played in the courtroom showing a slideshow of pictures of the victims.

In November, Favian Garcia, 28, was found guilty on five counts of first-degree manslaughter, driving under the influence of intoxicants and other charges stemming from the October 2017 crash near Salem. A mother and four young children died after he plowed head-on into their car.

A Marion County judge issued the verdict after Garcia waived his right to a jury trial last month, opting instead to appear before the bench. The defendant had rejected a plea deal in court earlier this year, a last-minute maneuver that stunned many who attended the June hearing.

Garcia was driving on Highway 99E north of Salem on Oct. 7, 2017 when his Land Rover slammed head-on into a Buick Century driven by Lisette Medrano-Perez of Molalla around 4:30 p.m., police said.

The 25-year-old mother was in the car with her three children — 8-year-old Ricardo Contreras-Medrano, 6-year-old Andrus Contreras-Medrano, 4-year-old Dajanara Medrano-Perez — as well as her 2-year-old niece, Angelina Vazquez-Crisp.

All five died at the scene.

Garcia, who had a suspended driver’s license, denied drinking that day and told police he was simply “hungover," court records show. Tests later showed his blood-alcohol level to be more than four times the legal limit, according to court records. He also had methamphetamine in his system.

Court records show Garcia was convicted of driving under the influence of intoxicants in 2011 and convicted of the same crime again months before the fatal crash. Police said the Gervais man had multiple outstanding warrants when he was detained.

--Tom Hallman Jr.

thallman@oregonian.com; 503 221 8224

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Shane Dixon Kavanaugh contributed to this report.