Call for pub, hotel checks after drink-driving death

A man who died a ute crash had nearly fallen into a pub bar before being served his 25th beer. (Daniel Munoz/AAP PHOTOS)

Pubs and other licensed venues should be regularly checked for compliance with responsible service of alcohol laws, a coroner who investigated a drink-driving death says. 

Jethro Wolf Douglas purchased 26 glasses of beer and consumed 25 over about seven hours at a hotel on Tasmania's west coast in May 2021.