"I'm numb": Father of three children killed in Sydney crash shares his heartache

"Yesterday I lost three of my children"

February 01 2020

A father has spoken out after an alleged drunk driver crashed into a group of children, killing four and leaving another in a critical condition in Sydney’s northwest on Saturday night.

“Yesterday I lost three of my children,” Danny Abdulah told reporters.

“I don’t know what to say.

"I'm numb."

 

Four children have died and a fifth is in a critical condition after they were hit by a 4WD while riding bicycles in Sydney’s northwest. Credit: 7NEWS

Four children have died and a fifth is in a critical condition after they were hit by a 4WD while riding bicycles in Sydney’s northwest. Credit: 7NEWS

 

A group of seven kids - including Abdulah’s children Anthony, 13, Angelina, 12, and Sienna, 9 - were riding on the footpath on their way to buy ice cream at the time of the crash.

Four children died at the scene - three of those, Abdulah’s son and two daughters.

Three remain in hospital, one is in a coma.

‘Be careful’

“All I want to say is drivers be careful,” he said.

“These kids were just walking innocently, enjoying each other’s company and this morning I woke up I’ve lost three kids,” he said.

The 29-year-old driver was arrested at the scene after returning a positive result in a roadside breath test and has been taken for a breath analysis.

Witnesses told 7NEWS that the driver was allegedly speeding.

BREAKING: Father of three kids killed by 'drink-driver' breaks his silence

Originally published on 7News

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