A college student has been sentenced to three years in prison for a West Palm Beach DUI crash.

According to court documents, 21 year-old Tiffany Lanieri was driving with a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit in June of last year when she hit construction worker, Howell Chambers. The accident occurred on Fourst Hill Boulevard in Palm Springs. Chambers says he suffered 14 broken bones and will never be the same.

In court Thursday, Lanieri apologized to Chambers. Her lawyer was seeking probation, but the judge sentenced Lanieri to three years in prison.

“When you’re freedom’s taken away and you’re locked up, it makes you think,” Chambers said. “She needs that.”

To learn more about your legal options after a DUI arrest, contact the West Palm Beach DUI defense lawyers of Eric N. Klein & Associates, P.A. at 561-353-2800.