No blame at funeral

THE father of a young boy killed when a car smashed into his Sydney classroom has forgiven the driver in an extraordinary speech videoed in the hearse as it carried his eightyear-old’s coffin.

Jihad Darwiche’s funeral on Thursday came two days after he and a friend, also eight, were killed when an out-of-control SUV smashed into their classroom at Banksia Road Primary.

Jihad’s father says his family hopes to extend a hand to the woman. “When all of this is over, she is welcome to come and sit with the family.”