MY BABIES Brother and sister, 5 & 1, killed after car mowed down pram as distraught mum says I wish it hit me..CAPTION: A five-year-old girl and her baby brother have died after they were hit by a car while crossing the road on their way home from school…Katherine was telling her mum about an award she had been given for her hard work in class just moments before she and her brother Harry were hit and killed in Sydney’s south-west in Australia on Wednesday afternoon…She was set to receive the award on Friday…The pair were crossing the road with their mum Sok Ram, aged 33, when they were struck by an car at an intersection in Cabramatta…RIP FROM SITE: https://www.gofundme.com/f/heartbroken-mum-loses-both-children-please-help Credit: GoFundMe
TWO toddlers were killed in a horrific accident after a car mowed down their pram as they were going home from school.
Katherine, 5, and her little brother Harry, 1, were fatally hit by a car at an intersection at Cabramatta, Sydney.
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Their inconsolable mother was pushing both of them in a pram, on their way home after a school day Credit: GoFundMe
The toddlers were fatally hit by a car at an intersection at Cabramatta, Sydney Credit: 7News
Their distraught mum, Sok Ram, 33, was pushing both of them in a pram on their way home after a school day.
Then a car mowed down the pram.
Bereaved Sok said: “I think about when the car came, I wish it hit me and not my babies.
“Everyone tried to save them but … they’re not alive, they’re not alive. I can’t believe it.”
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Katherine was telling her mum how she just won an award for being a hardworking student Credit: GoFundMe
Katherine, 5, and her little brother Harry, 1, died in Westmead Hospital, due to critical injuries Credit: GoFundMe
The horrifying accident unfolded in the afternoon of Wednesday, June 17.
Some heroic bystanders performed CPR on the children, before an ambulance arrived, in a desperate bid to save their young lives.
The children tragically died in Westmead Hospital a few hours later, due to critical injuries.
Sok was treated for minor injuries.
The 56-year-old driver, who was unharmed, has now been released without charge, after an initial arrest and mandatory testing.
The horrible accident happened just a few miles away from Cabramatta West Public School, where Katherine was attending her first year of kindergarten.
Katherine was telling her mum how she just won an award for being a hardworking student.
She was set to receive it on Friday.
The children’s dad and Sok’s husband, Vundy Tha, said they forgive the driver, even if their much-loved kids died Credit: 9News
Family friend Patrick Te launched a fundraising campaign for the distraught parents Credit: GoFundMe
The children’s dad and Sok’s husband, Vundy Tha, said they forgive the driver, even if their much-loved kids died.
He said they understand it was not intentional.
He added: “We forgive everything.”
Family friend Patrick Te launched a fundraising campaign for the distraught parents.
The horrible accident happened just a few miles away from Cabramatta West Public School Credit: GoFundMe
So far, almost £10,000 have been raised already Credit: GoFundMe
So far, almost £10,000 have been raised already.
Te wrote in a statement: “Their mother, Sok, was picking up Katherine from school.
“Katherine, who was in her first year of kindergarten, was excited to go home after just receiving an award.
“As they were crossing the road together, heading back to the car, an oncoming vehicle suddenly struck both Katherine and the pram where Harry was sitting.”
NSW Police Acting Commander of Fairfield City Timothy Calman praised the efforts of the local community to spare the toddlers from death.
He said: “The community involved here this afternoon was… I can only say it’s phenomenal.
“We’ve had a number of motorists that actually stopped, and collectively have moved the vehicle onto its side, tipped the car over, in order to get one of the children from underneath the vehicle.
“Other bystanders have assisted with CPR to assist the children and the children’s mother.”
Cops are said to start interviewing four out of eight men who helped at the scene, to piece together the accident’s dynamics.
Detectives are also currently reviewing security footage in the lead-up to the collision, Australian media Nine.com reported.
