A 17-year-old from Suffern was sentenced to six months behind bars plus five years' probation after pleading guilty to driving drunk and killing his classmate in a car crash last year.

Joseph Debellis admitted he was driving drunk and had smoked marijuana the morning he crashed his Jaguar into a utility pole on Route 202 in Montebello.

He and three other teens who were passengers suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, but 16-year-old Jacqueline Zangrilli died at the scene.

Debellis was driving nearly twice the speed limit when he crashed, according to prosecutors.

The 17-year-old pleaded guilty to 12 of the 17 charges he was facing, including aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter and reckless driving.

Zangrilli's mother called the six-month sentence "a joke," and added it was too short to deter other kids from recklessly drinking and driving.