A Long Island speedboat pilot has admitted to being drunk during a fatal crash in the Great South Bay.

Newsday reports that 27-year-old Brian Andreski, of Dix Hills, pleaded guilty on Monday to aggravated vehicular homicide in the death of Christopher Mannino, of West Islip.

Mannino was one of five people aboard a 38-foot fishing boat when Andreski's 25-foot high-performance catamaran slammed into the smaller vessel on June 23.

In return for his plea, Newsday says the judge promised to sentence Andreski to between 4 and 12 years in prison. Andreski also agreed to make a public service video on the dangers of drunken boating.

His attorney, Eric Sills, said the case was a "terrible tragedy for both sides involved."

Andreski's case was the first time an alleged drunk boater was indicted on a charge of aggravated vehicular homicide in New York state, according to Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota.