AN INTOXICATED man found lying on a park bench in his underwear survived temperatures of -5C due to the amount of alcohol in his blood.

Aleksander Andrzej, 32, would have been nearly 30 times the legal limit for driving in his country of Poland.

He was spotted in the Warsaw park and taken to hospital by police.

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A breath test showed he had 1,024 micrograms per 100ml, which doctors believe helped him live.

The legal limit is 35mg and they added that even 300mg is potentially deadly.

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He is expected to make a full recovery.