The man convicted of running over and killing FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo in the Bronx six years ago has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

A judge handed the sentence down to Jose Gonzalez Wednesday morning, weeks after he was found guilty of first-degree murder in connection with Arroyo’s death. 

It took a jury just a day to find him guilty at his trial last month. He will serve the maximum sentence for Arroyo's death.

Loved ones cheered Arroyo's name outside of Bronx Criminal Court after Gonzalez was sentenced. Her mother, Leida Acevedo, said she had found it too painful to address her daughter’s death up until Wednesday. 

“I feel happy. I feel happy,” Acevedo said. “They do justice.” 

Arroyo, a 44-year-old mother of five, was driving her ambulance with her EMT partner, Monique Williams, in the Soundview section of the Bronx on March 16, 2017 when they noticed Gonzalez riding on the back of the ambulance, prosecutors said. 

When they got out to investigate, Gonzalez jumped into the driver’s seat with Arroyo tugging at him, before putting the ambulance in reverse and running her over several times, according to prosecutors. 

The tragedy left her five children — the youngest 7 years old at the time — without a mother. 

“And I said to her that day, ‘I want to see you.’ And she said, ‘I can’t see you. I’m working overtime because I need to take my kids on a cruise,'" Arroyo’s cousin, Vanessa Hernandez, recalled. 

Williams was one of three colleagues and loved ones who presented a victim impact statement at Wednesday’s sentencing. She has not worked as an EMT since Arroyo’s death. 

During sentencing and throughout the trial, Gonzalez’ attorney maintained that his client did not mean to kill Arroyo, but was suffering from psychosis induced by the drug PCP.

Gonzalez was initially deemed unfit to stand trial after the incident, with his attorney at the time claiming he had a "severe mental illness."

Health care professionals who evaluated him last year, however, found that he was "no longer an incapacitated person," Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said at the time — a ruling lauded by Arroyo's family members and colleagues, who had hoped to see him stand trial.

Gonzalez apologized to Arroyo's family and her colleagues who packed the courtroom, saying, “I’m a changed man. I never meant to hurt anyone. Please forgive me.” 

In a statement released Wednesday, Clark said the sentencing “closes a long and difficult chapter for the victim’s family and her FDNY colleagues, who have waited for justice for six years.” 

“Despite the sentencing, Yadi will forever be missed by her loved ones, and the pain will always be there,” Clark said. “We take comfort in knowing that her memory will live on through her loved ones and the communities she served while working as an EMT for 14 years.”

In her own statement Wednesday, FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said Arroyo was “an extraordinary EMT who cared for her patients deeply.” 

“We are grateful that her killer will never be on the streets again, with no eligibility for parole,” Kavanagh said. “We join her family in our continued mourning of her loss and hope this sentencing can offer a pathway to healing for those who loved her.” 

“We will continue to honor her memory of service to our city,” she added.

With the trial behind them, Arroyo’s loved ones said they can now focus on how she lived, rather than how she died. 

During the sentencing hearing, Gonzalez’ attorney asked the judge to sentence his client to 20 years to life in prison — the minimum sentence under the law. Now that Gonzalez has been sentenced to life in prison, his attorney said they will appeal the decision.