The teen accused of driving drunk, then crashing and killing a fellow student at RHAM High School last August has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, according to the court.
Connor McKee, who was 17 at the time of the crash and is 18 now, appeared in court Friday and pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle.
Authorities said Paige Houston, a cheerleader from the Amston section of Hebron, was riding in McKee's pickup truck when it struck a tree on Aug. 6, 2013 on West Street. Houston was thrown from the car and died at the scene. McKee had reportedly been drinking at a party earlier in the evening.
She would have been a senior at RHAM High School that year.
Police said the teens had attended an underage drinking party in Marlborough prior to the crash. Two other teens were in the car with McKee and Houston.
According to police, McKee was driving well above the posted speed limit of 35 mph, ignored a stop sign and lost control of the truck.
He will be sentenced Jan. 8, 2015 and could face up to seven years in prison.
