A California man who tried to toss several containers of alcohol out of his truck after he collided with another car, killing four people, was sentenced to prison.

Aleim Alavez, 25, pleaded guilty to four counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and was sentenced by a judge to 12 years in prison. On Tuesday, as he appeared in court to hear his sentence, Alavez offered an apology to the families of the four men he was responsible for killing — 27-year-old Faruk Cetin, 23-year-old Mahsun Dursun, 27-year-old Abdurrezak Hizmali, and 25-year-old Baris Savas.

According to courtroom reporting by local CBS affiliate KFMB, prosecutors said that Alavez was driving 108 mph when he plowed his Toyota Tacoma pickup truck into a Toyota Prius carrying the four men, all Turkish refugees.

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