He will then serve three years of supervised release.
FLORIDA MAN SEEN ON VIDEO 'PEEKING INTO' WOMAN'S WINDOW, FLEEING INTO SWAMP, POLICE SAY
A Florida man has been sentenced in a New Mexico pile-up that killed four people in 2019. The man will spend five years and 10 months in prison. (Fox News)
A federal jury convicted him in September of four counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
Riego was driving a commercial vehicle on Sept. 7, 2019 when he crashed into a line of cars in a construction zone on Interstate 40 near the Laguna Pueblo, according to court documents. The crash caused a six-car pile-up. Besides the four fatalities, two others were injured.
Prosecutors say Riego was speeding and using his cellphone. They say Riego was video chatting at the time.