A drink driver left a woman with serious injuries after hitting her car in a head-on crash while driving the wrong way down the M4. William Lawrence, 25, of Sunny Bank, St George, Bristol, had no memory of causing the crash which left Rhianne Tucker with multiple broken bones including a fractured vertebrae.
The collision took place near Newport shortly before midnight on February 10 when police received a number of phone calls to say the defendant was driving on the wrong side of the road. Lawrence was more than twice the legal drink-drive limit after attending a funeral where he drank spirits, reports Wales Online.
The head-on collision with Ms Tucker's vehicle resulted in the defendant sustaining multiple broken bones. A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court heard how Ms Tucker's job involved working with children with learning difficulties.
