An alleged drink-driver has been charged with manslaughter and more than a dozen driving offences after four children died and a fifth suffered serious injuries when they were hit by a car on a footpath in Sydney's north-west.
Three of the children killed in Saturday night's incident near Parramatta were siblings and the fourth, aged 11, was their cousin.ABC News
"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," Mr Abdallah said."These kids were just walking innocently, enjoying each other's company ... and this morning I woke up and I have lost three kids."Supplied A fifth child, 11, was taken to The Children's Hospital in Westmead in a critical condition but is now in a serious but stable condition.AAP
NSW Ambulance Acting Superintendent Andrew McAlpine on Saturday evening said paramedics had arrived to a horrific scene.
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