A Kalispell man who injured several people in a crash while driving drunk has been sentenced to five years of incarceration followed by 10 years of probation.

Darren Yarde, 49, crashed his sport-utility vehicle into another SUV on Montana 35 on July 5, 2013. The second vehicle was carrying a woman and her two children, ages 3 and 5, who were relatively unhurt, as well as a man  who suffered multiple injuries including a broken femur.

Two witnesses said the driver of the first vehicle appeared drunk and fled when told police had been called.

At the time of the accident, Yarde was on probation on a 1993 case.

District Judge Robert Allison sentenced Yarde to five years with the Montana Department of Corrections for violating his probation in that case and a further 10 years, suspended and consecutive, for his conviction on the new charge of felony negligent vehicular assault.

Allison also ordered Yarde to pay $3,000 in restitution to Flathead Valley Crime Victims and $2,055 in restitution to the man injured in the crash.