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Utah dump truck driver could spend up to 45 years in prison for killing 6 in DUI crash

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He was kind and caring and could be tough when he needed to be. Most of all, he was always there for her and his children and grandchildren, his daughter Viridiana said Wednesday in front of a judge at the Wasatch County Courthouse.

And it didn’t have to be that way, Viridiana Cardenas told those gathered in the courtroom. That’s why she said she hates Jamie McKenzie.

McKenzie didn’t have to drink whiskey and take pills that October day. He didn’t have to get behind the wheel of a dump truck loaded with dirt and drive it.