Saturday 21 May 2022 05:04 AM 'No winners' as distracted driver who hit and killed 10-year-old Jack Power ... trends now
A distracted motorist has avoided jail time after he ran a red light, running over a young boy who later died.
Zhou Lu, 49, will instead do community service for not paying attention - for just a few seconds - when he drove through a red light in August 2018 and caused the fatal incident.
Lu was driving home from work at night when he struck and killed 10-year-old Jack Power as the boy was crossing a road in East Melbourne.
Zhou Lu (pictured leaving a Melbourne court) will do 300 hours of community service as the judge recognised the father's continued expression of genuine remorse
Jack Power (pictured) was a 'kind and compassionate' boy who was struck and killed by Lu as he was crossing at a green signal with his sister and a friend in 2018
Jack's mum, Bonnie Power, (pictured, left with Jack) said the sentence for Lu was 'fair'
Lu's attention had been divided when he drove through an intersection with his Toyota Hiace van after the signal had turned red, the Supreme Court of Victoria heard.
Jack had been crossing the road behind his six-year-old sister and 12-year-old friend, before the passenger side of Lu's van ploughed into the boy.
The 'kind and compassionate' kid suffered catastrophic injuries after his head hit the windscreen.
The group had been given their parents' permission to walk to the supermarket from a family birthday party and were on their way back when the tragedy occurred.
As they were crossing at a green signal, Jack's friend saw the oncoming vehicle and yelled 'run', pulling his sister away before Jack was
