TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Emotional statements filled the courtroom Friday as family members of five crash victims and the woman responsible for their deaths spoke before a judge. The crash occurred southwest of Tucson in 2024, and the woman has now been sentenced to 30 years of supervision.

"I get up every morning and I'm home alone and I cry and I scream. They were taken away from us!" said a relative of the five people killed in the crash.

Malyn Pavolka, the woman who pleaded guilty to causing the crash, expressed her remorse.

"I'm truly and absolutely sorry. I never meant for it to happen," said Pavolka.

This case has been controversial due to Pavolka's plea of guilty except insane , which for now allows her to be committed to a state mental health facility instead of prison. The dec

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