Police investigators at the scene in September 2023.Credit: Nine News
Vo was pulling into the laneway when he accidentally stepped on the accelerator instead of the brakes of the Toyota Prado, he told police.
He pushed on the accelerator even further and hit the two children and three parked cars. Vo ran from the scene to his home, near the scene of the crash. When police arrived shortly after, he fell to his knees in a prayer position and was arrested.
Huseyin’s numerous injuries were described as catastrophic by prosecutors and required emergency surgery and almost two months in hospital. He suffered fractures and deep cuts to his head, including a 20-centimetre gash running from his left eyebrow to the middle of his head.
“I can’t look at his face because I’m in tears,” Aydin said.
She said Huseyin was once “the happiest boy” but his leg injuries meant he may never walk properly again.
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“He wants me to give him a time frame for when he will be normal again, but I can’t,” she said.
Aydin hoped Vo would receive a lengthy prison term and then be deported to Vietnam.
“Doesn’t this man feel sorry, doesn’t he think he should’ve helped my boy?”
Judge Duncan Allen thanked Aydin for her “poignant, tragic” description of what had happened to her child.
“No doubt the most painful thing she’s ever had to do,” he said. “The impact of what happened that day, and Mr Vo’s driving, has been truly devastating in so many ways.”
Defence barrister Zoe Broughton asked for Vo to be assessed for a community work order but accepted he would serve some time in prison.
“I don’t think I could easily stand here and urge Your Honour to avoid any loss of liberty,” she said.
The hearing was adjourned to October 28. Vo, who had been on bail, was remanded in custody.
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