Father's Day Drunk Driving Crash: Man Receives 50 Years in Prison

ATLANTA, GA -- A man accused of driving under the influence when he hit a car carrying a family of five, killing three in the crash, was sentenced to 75 years in prison on Monday, with a minimum service of 50 years.

Jorge Solis faced multiple charges in the June 21 (Father's Day), 2015, incident.

Solis, 20, was driving the wrong way on I-75 south at 5 am when he ran head on into a car containing an entire family on their way to Florida from Illinois for a family visit.

As a result of the accident, 7 year-old Hallie Young was killed; 8 year-old Kaybrin Osborne was killed; 3 year-old Clayton Flood was paralyzed; 49 year-old Michael Furlow was killed; and 49 year-old Michael Osborne was severely injured. Solis was uninjured.

Fulton County DA Paul Howard says that had the case gone to trial, witnesses would have testified they could smell alcohol coming from Solis and that he was obviously drunk.

"They also observed him slide across the seat and get out of the passenger door, pretending that he had not been driving," Howard said in a statement. "Solis was so drunk that when police arrived, he was passed out leaning on the expressway median."

At the time of the accident, Solis was on probation for another DUI in Clayton County where he was found passed out in his vehicle in the middle of the road, drunk, smelling of alcohol, and slurring his words.

Three families came from Illinois to speak on behalf of the victim's family.