Van driver under influence of drink and drugs seriously injured man in crash

A VAN driver was under the influence of drink and drugs when he seriously injured a man in a crash.

Jordan Sabin, 29, was charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving following the incident on the A4139 between Penally and Lydstep on June 19 last year.

Emergency services were called to the crash - involving Sabin's Ford Transit and a Renault Captur - at around 5.15pm that afternoon [1].

The victim was taken to hospital "with serious injuries", Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed at the time.[2] Advertisement Advertisement

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The road was closed for several hours whilst investigations were carried out, before re-opening just after 3.30am on June 20.

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Sabin was alleged to have had 129 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood and 157 micrograms of benzoylecgonine - the main metabolite of cocaine - per litre (ug/L) of blood.[4]

The legal limits are 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood and 50ug/L of benzoylecgonine.

Sabin, of Yellow Hammer Court in Dudley, pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving, drink-driving, and driving whilst under the influence of drugs. Advertisement

Judge Paul Thomas KC adjourned the case for a pre-sentence report to be prepared, but warned the defendant that "the likely outcome" would be a prison sentence.

Sabin was re-admitted to bail, and will return to Swansea Crown Court to be sentenced on April 2.

As a result of his guilty pleas, he was disqualified from driving.

References

^ Emergency services were called to the crash - involving Sabin's Ford Transit and a Renault Captur - at around 5.15pm that afternoon (www.westerntelegraph.co.uk)
^ The victim was taken to hospital "with serious injuries", Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed at the time. (www.westerntelegraph.co.uk)
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^ Sabin was alleged to have had 129 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood and 157 micrograms of benzoylecgonine - the main metabolite of cocaine - per litre (ug/L) of blood. (www.westerntelegraph.co.uk)