Fivea Sharipoff talks with her attorney Timothy Felling while being sentenced to more than 16 years in prison after she killed two women while driving drunk and traveling the wrong way on Interstate 5. Sharipoff was sentenced on four counts including two counts of first-degree manslaughter, Tuesday, at the Linn County Courthouse in Albany.-AP Photo

ALBANY (AP) — A Salem woman convicted of killing two Eugene Symphony musicians in a car crash was sentenced Tuesday to 16 years and eight months in prison.

Fivea Sharipoff, 27, who was found guilty this month on charges of manslaughter, assault and driver under the influence of intoxicants, was going in the wrong direction on Interstate 5 when she struck a vehicle that carried three women returning from rehearsal on Feb. 11, 2007.

Prosecutors said Sharipoff’s blood alcohol level was at .24 — three times the legal limit — less than an hour after the crash.

She expressed no remorse Tuesday.

“I do not accept any offer, nor will I give consent to go to jail, pay fees, fines or court costs,” Sharipoff told the judge.

Kjersten Oquist of Wood Village and Angela Svendsen of Vancouver, Wash., were killed in the crash just south of the Highway 20 overpass in Albany. Kelly Gronli of Portland was injured.

In a statement to the judge, Gronli said: “I have been so angry, and still am,” she said. “I felt so guilty I lived and they died. I see the accident playing over and over in my head.”

Oquist’s brother, Eric Oquist, said Sharipoff’s defiant statement did not surprise him.

“Over the entire course of this entire trial, she has been unwilling to take responsibility,” he said. “All the way up to the bitter end. Disgusting.”

Six of Sharipoff’s relatives asked Judge John McCormick for leniency, noting her three children and the abuse she suffered in a past marriage.

The manslaughter and assault charges are Measure 11 offenses that carry mandatory minimum prison terms. Sharipoff will get credit for time served, but is not eligible for early release.