Saturday 25 June 2022 04:45 PM Abdallah family open up about horror Oatlands crash that killed their three ... trends now
The parents of three kids who were tragically run over and killed have described how forgiving the drug driver responsible for their deaths meant they could move forward.
Danny and Leila Abdallah delivered a powerful speech about forgiveness at the Vatican in Rome on Saturday, supported by their children Liana, 12, Alex, seven, Michael, six, and three-month-old Selina.
Their three children Sienna, 8, Angelina, 12, Antony, 13, and niece Veronique Sakr, 11, were killed by Samuel William Davidson who was intoxicated while behind the wheel on February 1, 2020.
The four children along with three other siblings and cousins were walking on the footpath on Bettington Road in Oatlands, Sydney, when the driver mounted the curb and struck the children from behind.
In what would have been Antony's 16th birthday, the Pope invited his parents to speak at the Catholic Church's World Meeting of Families.
Danny and Leila Abdallah, accompanied by their four children, spoke at the Vatican on Saturday (pictured, the Abdallah family)
Their daughters, Sienna, 8, (second from left) and Angelina, 12, (right) their son Anthony, 13, (second from right) and niece Veronique Sakr, 11,(left) were on their way to buy ice-cream when a drunk driver ran them over and killed them in February 2020
'It was a perfect summer's day when seven precious, adorable children walked to get some ice cream for my niece's birthday,' Mr Abdallah said.
'What should have been an enjoyable outing for the young kids turned into one of the worst road tragedies Australia has ever seen.
'From far away I saw the police cover Antony, Selina, Angelina and
