The man who pleaded guilty to driving drunk into the patio of Park Tavern in St. Louis Park last year, killing two people and injuring more than a dozen others, has been sentenced.

Steven Bailey, 56, was given a 30-year sentence by a Hennepin County judge after several victim impact statements were read. At least 2/3 of that sentence will be spent in prison.

Police say Bailey plowed into the patio last September, killing restaurant employee and mother of three Kristina Folkerts and Methodist Hospital worker Gabe Harvey, both of whom were 30 years old.

"I will never heal. I will never be the same," Jonathan Bryant, Folkerts' father, said in his statement.

Tegan D'albani said she's gone through several surgeries and physical therapy after she was injured in the crash.

"I remember lying on the ground and looking at my legs," D'albani said. "They were broken and backwards."

She added that it's been difficult for her not to be able to fully care for her young son. 

"I sat for weeks watching my son, confused why I couldn't play, pick him up or even change his diaper," D'albani said. "My heart broke for my child."

Judge Juan Hoyos, who handed down the sentence, added, "Over and over again, you were told about your addiction, not to drink and drive. All these multiple DWIs over the decades, and you never, ever got that message. The support of your family, and you never got that message."

In a short statement before he was sentenced, Bailey said he couldn't add anything that could "ease the pain" of the victims' friends and family.

Bailey, of St. Louis Park, first struck a parked vehicle while backing his BMW X5 into a spot in Park Tavern's lot. He then struck an oncoming SUV before accelerating up to 45 mph and smashing through the patio's metal fence, charging documents stated.

Officers at the scene say they overheard Bailey tell someone in a phone call that he "hit the gas instead of the brake and went right through a thing," and, "I'm f***ed." Investigators said Bailey was intoxicated at four times the legal limit. His record shows five prior convictions for driving while intoxicated, with the first case in 1985 and the last case in 2014.

In May, Bailey pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree murder and three counts of criminal vehicular operation.

"He is being held accountable, and the length of this sentence ensures he cannot hurt anyone else," Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in a written statement. "This was yet another completely avoidable tragedy. Plenty of options exist to get where you need to go safely; there is no excuse for drinking and driving."

Legislation was drafted in response to this crash. The proposal, which was signed into law earlier this year, lengthens the amount of time repeat DWI offenders would have to use ignition interlock devices — a breathalyzer that prevents an engine from starting if a person is intoxicated — to get behind the wheel.

Lawmakers said if their proposed changes had been in effect at the time, Bailey would have had an ignition interlock on his vehicle based on his record.