Former Silverchair frontman gets 10 months for drink-driving

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Former Silverchair frontman gets 10 months for drink-driving

The former frontman of the now-defunct Australian band Silverchair, Daniel Johns, was sentenced to 10 months in jail for serving in the community over a high-range drink-driving car crash.

He has been disqualified from driving for seven months and has been given an intensive corrections order.

In March this year, Johns was charged with high-range drink driving after a head-on crash at North Arm Cove, north of Newcastle.

When tested, he returned a blood alcohol reading three times more than the legal limit.

Police facts tendered in Raymond Terrace Local Court said Johns, 43, was heading north in his SUV when he crossed onto the wrong side of the Pacific Highway and collided with a light commercial truck traveling in the opposite direction.

A 51-year-old man and a 55-year-old female passenger were treated at the scene.

More to come.