Truck driver gets 16 years in prison for crash that killed 5 bicyclists

An Arizona box truck driver who plowed into bicyclists on a stretch of Nevada highway last December, killing five and injuring four, was sentenced Wednesday to a minimum of 16 years in Nevada state prison for driving under the influence of methamphetamine causing death.

Jordan Alexander Barson, 45, of Kingman, Arizona, apologized Tuesday, during the first day of an emotional two-day sentencing hearing in Las Vegas, asking forgiveness as he spoke by video from the Clark County Detention Center, CBS affiliate KLAS-TV reported. His attorney, Damian Sheets, said Barson did not intend to cause harm. "Knowing I caused the deaths of five people and severely hurt two others is unbearable most of the time," Barson told the court. "I want you to know that I'm so truly sorry for what I've done. I know you will carry this pain forever, and it breaks my heart that I caused this."