WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty in connection with a New York highway crash that claimed a life.

Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore said Wednesday that Jose Ramirez of Norwalk pleaded guilty this week to aggravated vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated.

The wreck happened around 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 28, 2014. It was on Interstate-95 north at eastbound Interstate 287 in Rye.

Authorities say the defendant was driving about 90 mph in a 55 mph zone.

He struck a DOT truck with a lighted construction arrow that was parked in the median.

His front-seat passenger, Kellman Villa-Santos, was pronounced dead at the scene.

His back-seat passenger, Emmanuel Gonzalez, suffered traumatic brain injury, paralysis, loss of memory and other injuries.

The truck flipped over. Its occupant required surgery.