A  New York driver pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter involving the death of his friend when they left a bachelor party in August of last year.

21-year-old Brian Frankel officially pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular manslaughter, but he will still face tough sentencing of up to a year in county jail. He will be sentenced in May. The district attorney on the case recommended one to three years in state prison, which is a fraction of the potential seven years.

Frankel lost control of his Mustang on August 16 on the New York State Thruway. He overturned the vehicle on the right side of the road, and 21-year-old Dominic Zeoli, a passenger, was ejected. The car rolled on top of Zeoli. Frankel's BAC was registered at .16% after the accident.

Two other passengers involved in the accident suffered minor injuries. Zeoli was brother of the groom celebrating his bachelor party at a local strip club. Frankel entered his guilty plea in order to save the family pain, according to his attorney's reports. The fact Frankel will avoid time in state prison all together, regardless of the sentencing, was essential in the guilty plea. 

Frankel was a student at the University of Miami at the time of the accident. He is allegedly under care of a psychiatrist due to trauma regarding the incident.