Mark Messore is thankful his daughter is alive.

Messore said, "I have my daughter who is one of the victims. I can still hug her tonight when she goes to bed. Joelle's mom and dad can't do that."

Joelle's parents can't hug their daughter because last June she died in Chris Bliss' car as it was going more than 80 miles per hour on Angel Road in Corinth.

Now, Bliss will spend the next three to ten years in state prison for manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and vehicular assault--crimes, prosecutors said, he tried to cover up.

Saratoga County Assistant District Attorney, Jim Davis, said, "He tried to get away from the scene and asked for help to rock the vehicle over back onto its tires, even with the dying victim, Joelle Dumoulin, trapped inside."

Although Bliss' relatives believe he should pay for his crime, they also think the sentence is too harsh, suggesting his defense team was weak. The family argues that Bliss never intended to kill anybody.

Shirley Colson, Bliss' relative, said, "No, it wasn't Chris' fault. He was out having a good time. They just didn't expect this to happen."

Kailee Messore, the surviving passenger, said, "He needs to remember. I hope he remembers it forever. I hope he thinks about it every day. What he did and what kind of person she was, and what he took away from us."

Joelle was a 16-year-old girl who had dreams of being an artist.

Bliss did not qualify for youthful offender status, meaning this conviction will forever be on his record.

The young woman who was seriously injured in the accident said Bliss is 100 percent to blame. She said she's not satisfied with his sentence.