Heckenburg car crash: Mother’s fury after cops reveal the callous passengers who fled the scene of horror crash as her two children, 24 and 15, lay dying will not be charged
A devastated mother whose two children died in a car crash is furious that passengers who fled while the siblings lay dying will face no charges.
Alina Kauffman, 24, was picking up her brother Ernesto Salazer, 15, from work when they were hit by an allegedly stolen car in Heckenberg, south-west Sydney at around 9:20pm Friday.
The Mercedes rammed into the Toyota Echo the siblings were in a few yards from their home before also hitting a stationary Toyota RAV4 and flipping onto its side.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the siblings when they found them trapped in the wreckage, but they both died on the spot.
None of the passengers in the Mercedes will face any charges under Good Samaritan laws that state that only the driver of a car must stop or report a car accident.
The alleged driver of the Mercedes, Johnson Kokozian, 20, has been charged with two counts of failure to stop and assist after colliding with the vehicle resulting in death, two counts of dangerous driving resulting in death, negligent driving resulting in death, and driving a vehicle during a disqualification. period of time.
The siblings’ mother, Angelina Kauffman, has promised to attend Kokozian’s appearance at Liverpool’s local court on Wednesday.
Alina Kauffman, 24, was picking up her brother Ernesto Salazer, 15 (pictured) from work when they were hit by a suspected stolen car in Heckenberg, south-west Sydney at about 9:20pm Friday.
Ms. Kauffman was horrified by the actions of the passengers of the Mercedes who left her children to die.
“They just ran off and left them, like they’re nothing,” Ms Kauffman told 7News.
She also criticized those who decided to take footage of the crash with their smartphones instead of helping her children, saying “help, do something.”
The lack of charges prompted the state’s Deputy Prime Minister, Prue Car, to state at a news conference, “If there are holes in the law, we’re open to looking into that.”
Lawyer Paul McGirr hit back at all plans to expand Good Samaritan laws and force the public to act in times of crisis.
“It depends on what they know, what they saw and what mindset they have at the time,” he said.
“Making it a law that someone has to do something, that’s the gray area.”
The driver of the Toyota Echo (pictured), Alina Kauffman, 24, and her 15-year-old brother Ernesto Salazer, were treated at the scene by paramedics but could not be rescued
Ernesto Kauffman, 15, is depicted as the family’s pet
Alina Kauffman, 24, was killed in an accident Friday night
Some 150 people gathered on Sunday evening to pay tribute to the brother and sister.
During the vigil, mourners were seen placing cards, flowers and toys at the scene of the roadside accident.
Ms. Kauffman’s mother burst into tears after returning to the crash site on Saturday.
She paid a poignant tribute to her children, describing them as “good people” who wanted to make a difference.
“My babies, they took them from me, my babies,” Ms. Kauffman said.
‘My kids went to help people, my kids wanted to make a difference in this world, my kids were good people.
“My daughter, she is such a beautiful girl, she loves her brotherand my son, he loves his sister.
‘Now my son is gone and my daughter she is gone. My children are gone and I have to live without children for the rest of my life. Why? I do not understand.’
The passengers of a Mercedes who fled the accident cannot press charges as only the driver of a vehicle can be charged with failing to stop and assist after a collision with the vehicle
A vigil was held (pictured) for the brother and sister who died in a horror crash when an allegedly stolen Mercedes crashed into their car just yards away from their home in Heckenberg.
Ms. Kauffman said Alina was a dedicated nursing student with a kind heart, while Ernesto was an animal lover who worked at K-mart to save for his first car.
She explained that her daughter had picked up her son from his new job at Kmart and the couple were almost home when they were hit by a car.
“Alina called me and said, ‘Mommy, I picked up my brother, we’re going to get some food and then we’ll come home,'” Ms. Kauffman said.
‘I said ‘are you okay’ and they said ‘yes mom’.’
Not hearing from them for 20 minutes, Ms. Kauffman and her other child traced their location via social media.
The distraught mother said she arrived at the scene just minutes after the crash.
Devastated mother, Angelina Kauffman, whose two children died in a car crash, is furious that passengers who fled while the siblings lay dying will face no charges
“The police came and told me my children had died. My beautiful children,’ she continued in tears.
“These people beat my children and left them to die.”
Officers arrested 20-year-old Johnson Kokozian after he turned himself in to Liverpool police station on Saturday.
Kokozian denies being behind the wheel but was charged over the crash and refused bail at Parramatta Court on Sunday.
Coconut he reportedly filmed himself eating KFC in the hours before turning himself in to police.
The Mercedes was reported stolen by Kokozian’s father after police visited his address about an hour after the crash.
Police have charged Johnson Kokozian (pictured) over the crash. The 20-year-old denies that he was behind the wheel of the Mercedes
Johnson Kokozian, 20, is said to have filmed a Snapchat video shortly after the crash of himself enjoying a meal at KFC (pictured)
CCTV footage reportedly shows the Mercedes driving at high speed down a residential road just minutes before the crash.
Another 18-year-old turned himself in to police on Sunday but was released without charge.
Police allege that Kokozian and two other people climbed out of the wrecked Mercedes and got into another car to drive away, after making no attempt to help the siblings who were fatally injured in the Echo.
Police are also looking for the person who filmed the accident victims dying in the car before sharing it on social media.
On Sunday, a six-second video circulated online of the moments after the crash, showing the two siblings trapped in the wreckage.
The gruesome video shows the youths near death, but no attempt by the cameraman to provide first aid.