Mother ‘forgives’ driver after fatal crash

THE grief-stricken mother of three children killed at the hands of an alleged drinkdriver says she won’t hate the man who was behind the wheel.

Samuel William Davidson, 29, was allegedly three times the legal blood alcohol limit on Saturday night when his ute hit and killed four children.

Abdallah siblings Sienna, 8, Angelina, 12, and Antony, 13, died at the scene in Oatlands alongside cousin Veronique

Sakr, 11. Leila Geagea, the mother of Sienna, Angelina and Antony, said she forgave Davidson as she visited the scene of the tragedy yesterday.

“I think in my heart I forgive him. But I want the court to be fair. I’m not going to hate him because that’s not who we are,” she said.

“It feels very unreal. I feel like I’m still waiting for them to come home.”

Father Danny Abdallah pleaded with drivers to be more careful as he came to grips with the loss of three of his six children with Leila.

“I don’t know what to say. I’m numb, probably that’s what I feel at the moment. All I want to say is please, drivers, be careful,” he said.

The fatal crash has sparked a renewed push for a road rules overhaul in NSW.

Pedestrian Council of Australia chief executive Harold

Scruby said there should be no tolerance for drink-driving.

“What we want is zero drinking. No drink or driving at all. This is a wake-up call,” he said.

Davidson was arrested after returning a positive roadside breath test result and allegedly recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.15.

He has been charged with 20 offences including four counts of manslaughter.