Florida woman who tweeted '2 drunk 2 care' before driving wrong way down expressway and killing two is sentenced to 24 years in jail

Kayla Mendoza's vehicle crashed into another car at 96mph

Kayla Mendoza has been sentenced to 24 years in prison

A Florida woman who tweeted "2 drunk 2 care" before driving the wrong-way down an expressway at 96mph, killing two people in a head-on collision, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison.

Kayla Mendoza was under the legal drinking age in November 2013 when she went out to a bar with co-workers and drank two fish bowl-sized alcoholic margaritas, NBC reports.

She posted the tweet "2 drunk 2 care" before getting into her car, driving down the Sawgrass Expressway and slamming into a car carrying Marisa Catronio, 21, who died at the scene, and Kaitlyn Ferrante, 21, who died in hospital.

The 22-year-old later said the tweet was directed at her boyfriend because the pair had argued that night.

Mendoza, who broke both of her legs and sustained head injuries in the crash, pleaded guilty to two counts of DUI manslaughter in February.

"I know that I have made mistakes and the outcome is so much more than I could ever imagine," she told the sentencing hearing between tears on Monday.

"No matter how much time passes they will never leave my heart. I think about them every day and I regret my choices every day."

The families of both women had pleaded with the judge to administer the maximum 30-year sentence.

Ms Ferrante’s mother addressed Mendoza at the hearing, telling her: “You took all of those dreams [of our daughter growing up] away. And then I had to make the choice to pull her off of life support, that's something a mother should never have to do."

Mendoza has also been banned from driving for life.