Driver jailed over sledging death

Alwyn SmithAlwyn Smith was sentenced at Newport
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An unlicensed driver has been jailed for a year over the death of a teenager who was sledging in the snow.

Alwyn Smith, 35, was driving along a snow-covered road in Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent when two men slid into his path on a homemade sledge.

Anthony Farley, 19, from Bettws, Newport died, and his cousin David Roberts, 24, was seriously injured.

Smith, who admitted driving offences and failing to stop after the accident, was jailed at at Newport Crown Court.

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