Drunk Driver Runs Over Lebanese Children in Sydney, Kills Four

World

February 2nd, 9:18am

Asharq Al-Awsat

Leila Abdallah who has lost 3 of her children is at the accident scene. AFP

A drunk driver ran his four-wheel driver over a group of Lebanese children in Sydney killing four of them. Two sisters, their brother and a cousin were killed while three others were seriously injured, Australian and Lebanese authorities said on Sunday. The 29-year-old driver who was not named should stand trial on Sunday facing 20 charges, including manslaughter and high-range drink driving following the incident late Saturday in the Oatlands suburb of western Sydney, according to AFP. The children were on a footpath when the four-wheel drive struck them. Three girls aged 8 to 12 and a 13-year-old boy died at the scene, while two other girls and a boy were injured and taken to hospital, where they were in a stable condition on Sunday, police said. The dead included two sisters and their brother. Daniel and Leila Abdallah has lost 3 of their children in this tragedy. "Yesterday I lost three of my children. I had a cousin, Bridget, she lost her daughter as well," Daniel Abdallah told reporters on Sunday morning. "I'm numb, probably that's how I feel at the moment," he stressed. "All I just want to say is, please, drivers be careful. These kids were just walking innocently, enjoying each others' company and this morning I woke up, I have lost three kids."

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