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Father of children killed by allegedly drunk driver returns to Oatlands crash site

Antony, Angelina and Sienna Abdallah, and their second cousin Veronique Sakr, were killed when they were hit by a 4WD while they walked to get ice cream on Saturday night.

People have left hundreds of bunches of flowers, as well as candles and balloons in the area where they were hit on Bettington Road.

Antony, Angelina and Sienna’s father Daniel this morning returned to the site, saying the tributes people had left there were “touching”.

The children were all aged between nine and 13, and three of their relatives were also injured in the incident.

Veronique’s school, Santa Sabina College in Strathfield, posted a tribute for her on social media.

“[She] tragically lost her life last night along with three of her cousins,” Principal Paulina Skerman said on Facebook.

“Our prayers and thoughts are with her family and friends.”

Police allege Samuel Davidson ran a red light, mounted the curb and hit the children.

The 29-year-old was charged with several counts of manslaughter, dangerous driving and high-range drunk driving.

Police claim Mr Davidson was three times over the legal blood alcohol limit.

The crash has prompted calls from medical experts to reduce the blood alcohol limit for drivers to zero.

John Crozier from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons said stricter laws could help prevent more deaths.

However, NSW Police Minister David Elliott said it was unlikely drivers who broke current laws would comply with even stricter ones.

“A reaction like that based on Saturday nights tried tragedy is not correct because Saturday nights tragedy would not have made any difference if the driver had those laws to comply with,” Mr Elliott said.

Mr Davidson’s case was heard in court yesterday and was adjourned until April.

-ABC 

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