Man who hit seven cyclists sentanced to 18 months jail

ALEX HEINKE reports.

A Sydney driver has been sentenced to a minimum of 18 months in jail for crashing into seven cyclists.

28-year-old, Thomas Kerr, hit a group of cyclists on Southern Cross Drive at Eastlakes in March 2014.

Of the seven bicycle riders five of them were seriously injured.

He pleaded guilty to four counts of dangerous driving causing actual bodily harm and three causing bodily harm by misconduct.