Man jailed for six years for killing friend in drunk driving crash
A man who drove drunk and killed his close friend in a crash on the New South Wales Far South Coast has been jailed for six years. Edward James McCoid, 34, pleaded guilty to aggravated dangerous driving occasioning death. Ritchie Faulkner, a 46-year-old grandfather, died from his injuries after the crash at Tura Beach in June last year. Police allege McCoid's blood alcohol concentration could have been as high as 0.25. The judge said the community had to be protected from him, and McCoid was disqualified from driving for two years.