A LORRY driver involved in a crash on Newport’s Southern Distributor Road earlier this month was nearly four times the drink drive limit.

Jozef Veselak, 41, from Slovakia, was jailed following the collision which left two vehicles written off.

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He pleaded guilty to driving a Renault HGV with 138 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath on February 5.

The legal limit is 35 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

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Veselak, of Jan Zeman, Trecinn, was sent to prison for 18 weeks after admitting the offence at Newport Magistrates’ Court.

The defendant was banned from driving for 32 months.

He must also pay £213 in costs and a victim surcharge following his release from jail.