HTN: Plea Deal in Fatal Street race

Christopher Mejak has taken a plea deal for his involvement in an illegal street race that left two dead. The 21-year-old was allegedly racing Mark Harhigh of Lancanster on Transit Road in May, with speeds reaching 120-miles-an-hour. Harhigh crossed over four lanes of traffic and hit a pole, which split his car in to, killing him and his girlfriend, Melanie Page of Cheektowaga. Mejak has pleaded guilty to two counts of criminally negligent homicide and faces up to four years in jail. The minimum is six months jail time and five years probation. Mejak is free on ten-thousand dollars bail. He will be sentenced in March