Mother's anti-drink driving plea after son killed in crash

A mother from Swansea has made an emotional plea for motorists not to drink and drive after her son died in the run up to Christmas.

Arran Coen, 25, had 102 milligrams of alcohol in his blood when his car crashed on the M4 near Swansea last November.

The legal drink-drive limit is 80 - he was the equivalent of half a lager over.

His mother Angela Coen, who was making Christmas cards with her two grandchildren when police told her he had died, said the grief was "horrendous".

She made the appeal as police forces launched a Wales-wide drink and drug driving crackdown on Thursday. ahead of the Christmas party season.

Drivers will be breathalysed and also checked for drugs during the month-long campaign after a change to the law last spring.

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