The family of driver Samuel Davidson have expressed their deepest condolences towards the victims of the Oatlands crash, saying they have “no words” and they are “so sorry”.
Speaking to 9News, former NSW police detective Allan Davidson said: “We’re absolutely devastated for the loss of those children. Words can’t express how devastated we are”.
Their son, a truck driver, was allegedly drunk driving, when police say it mounted a curb in Oatlands on Saturday night, killing siblings Antony, 13, Angelina, 12, Sienna, 9, and their cousin, Veronique Sakr, 11.
The Davidsons say the four children will always remain in their thoughts.
“We’re no stranger to grief, we lost our daughter ten years ago, and now effectively we’ve lost our son,” said Mr Davidson.
“Our hearts go out to the families that’ve lost their children.”
Despite having the opportunity to remain silent, the Davidsons chose to address the tragedy today.
“It was a bad decision by my son to go out that day instead of walking,” said Mr Davidson.
“It’s very out of character for him to be driving when he’s drunk, because I tried to enforce that his whole life.”
They revealed that they spoke to their son on Sunday, where he felt guilty about what occurred.
“He was very quiet. He was just in shock as well,” said Kay Davidson.
“He is so, so sorry. He can’t believe what’s happened.”
