A 19-year-old Walnutport man who caused a 2009 crash that killed two friends and seriously injured three other people has been ordered to be committed to a juvenile residential facility in York, York County.

The man, whose name can not be released under the Juvenile Act, was charged as a juvenile because he was 17 when the crash occurred on Mountain Road in Heidelberg Township on Sept. 26, 2009.At a juvenile adjudication hearing in Lehigh County Court in December, the man admitted to two counts of homicide by vehicle and five counts of recklessly endangering other people.At a juvenile disposition hearing on Wednesday, Judge Kelly L. Banach heard emotional testimony from 10 prosecution witnesses who were victims and family members of victims; testimony from the man and his mother, father and stepfather; and recommendations from a juvenile probation officer.Judge Banach ordered the man to be placed in Alternative Rehabilitation Communities, an open staff-secured residential facility in York. The court will have jurisdiction over the man until he is 21 and will review the placement every six months.After the two-hour hearing, Judge Banach also ordered the man to make restitution to two victims, to do 500 hours of community service, to write apology letters to the victims who survived the crash, and to make donations to any memorial foundations that are established in the victims' names. The man's driving privileges have been suspended. He surrendered his license after the December hearing.Judge Banach ordered the man remain in the custody of his parents until a bed becomes available at the ARC facility later this month.The man was charged in the deaths of high school seniors Angelica Fox, 17, of Nazareth, and Russell Jacoby, 17, of Slatedale, who were passengers in the vehicle he was driving that was owned by Fox.Fox and Jacoby were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver who was charged was seriously injured and he and another passenger, Peyton Brueckl of Slatington, were taken by MedEvac helicopter to two hospitals. The vehicle was severed in half and all occupants were ejected.The man was driving east on Mountain Road, a two-lane state highway, east of Oswald Drive, in a no-passing zone where the posted speed limit is 55

m.p.h. As he was approaching the crest of a long hill, the 19-year-old moved into the westbound lane to try to pass another vehicle.A motorcycle that was traveling west swerved to avoid being struck. The 19-year-old almost struck the westbound vehicle with five people inside before he re-entered the eastbound lane and made contact with the vehicle he tried to pass.The 19-year-old lost control and the vehicle skidded sideways across the double yellow line and into the westbound lane. The vehicle struck a pickup truck occupied by Scott Pace of Walnutport and his wife, Deborah, who told the judge she continues to suffer from physical impairments as a result of the crash.State police determined the 19-year-old was driving 80

m.p.h. and the Pace vehicle was traveling 55

m.p.h.At the hearing, family members of the victims cried and asked the judge to punish the 19-year-old and to hold him responsible for the reckless driving that changed all of their lives.The man told the judge he lost his two best friends and understands the pain he caused to many people. "They are both gone today because of my bad judgment," said the 19-year-old, who told the judge at an earlier hearing that he cannot recall the crash.Chief Deputy District Attorney V. Paul Bernardino III told the judge the man had to be held accountable for his reckless driving. "It wasn't an accident" Dernardino said, adding the man endangered the lives of many people on the highway that day.Judge Banach told the families of victims she sympathized with their extreme loss and told the man he now has a respnsibility to show the victims' families "you can be a better person than they believe you are."