Andrew Fraser, 34, veered onto the wrong side of the road at almost 70mph moments before the horror crash on Tom Crisp Way in Lowestoft.

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Belinda Angus and her 22-year-old daughter Annie suffered serious injuries including leg, arm, pelvis and spinal fractures, and a bleed on the brain, in the collision on February 2 last year.

Norwich Magistrates’ Court was told they felt “extremely lucky to still be alive” after seeing his Mini cross the white line into the path of their Fiat 500 on the 40mph road.

Prosecutor Simon Jessop said they had seen his head slumped over the steering wheel “clearly asleep”.

Fraser veered onto wrong side of Tom Crisp Way in Lowestoft at 70mph (Image: Geograph/Adrain Pye)

Fraser, of Battery Green Road in Lowestoft, has numerous previous driving convictions including being unfit due to drugs, aggravated vehicle taking, failing to stop and a three-year disqualification for drug driving.

He appeared via video link from HMP Highpoint after previously pleading guilty to causing serious injury by careless driving.

The court was told he had failed a roadside drugs wipe for cocaine but he was not prosecuted for this offence.

District Judge Matthew Bone sentenced him to 12 months in prison but said guidelines meant it had to served concurrently with an existing jail sentence that will not see Fraser released until July 2028.

He was also banned from driving for three years from the end of his sentence and ordered to sit an extended re-test.

Members of the Angus family were in court to see him sentenced.

The district judge apologised for delays in bringing the case to court and the limitations on his sentencing powers, telling them: “I cannot comprehend the pain and suffering your family has had to endure.”

Andrew Fraser has already been recalled to prison for aggravated burglary (Image: Suffolk Constabulary)

Both of the victims spent weeks in hospital and had undergone multiple surgeries for injuries that were likely to affect the rest of their lives.

In a statement read in court Belinda Angus said she had “thought we were going to die” and that she was “not the person I was before the accident”.

Her daughter stated her injuries have had a devastating impact on her work prospects and relationships.

James Landles, for Fraser, said: “He is remorseful and wants everyone to know he is sorry. His best and only mitigation is his early acknowledgement of the impact of his actions and his guilty plea.”

The court heard he had been recalled to prison to serve the remainder of a nine year sentence for aggravated burglary after a young family with children aged 18 months and three were threatened with knives in the early hours.

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