PORTLAND — A 21-year-old Pittston man is going to prison for 16 months for being behind the wheel of a car that crashed and killed one of his college friends at Maine’s St. Joseph’s College.

Tyler Hall pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon in connection with the April 2012 crash in Standish.

Hall was driving at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the car and crashed. Clark Noonan, a basketball player at the college, was thrown from the vehicle and died.

WMTW-TV (http://bit.ly/18qVws6 ) reported that Hall apologized to Noonan’s family at his hearing. He said everything he does every day is in memory of Noonan.