‘I wish it hit me’: Sydney mother shares anguish after siblings in pram hit and killed by car

A tight-knit community is reeling after a kindergarten student and her baby brother were killed when an SUV collided with a pram shortly after school pick-up. The girl and her brother have been identified as Katherine, five, and Harry, aged 14 months – the only two children of 33-year-old mother Sok Ram. The children were struck by the vehicle while crossing a street with their mother in Cabramatta, in Sydney’s south-west, about 3.15pm on Wednesday. Ram and the children’s father, Vundy Tha, spoke with Nine News at the scene of the crash on Thursday morning. “Everyone tried to save them … I love them more than my life,” Ram said. “I think about when the car came … I wish it hit me, not my baby and daughter.” Tha said their children “are beautiful kids, they’re very smart”. He said they forgave the driver, pleading with motorists to drive safely. “We can’t sleep, when I close my eyes I see my kids,” Ram said, who usually slept between her children. “My heart is broken, it’s empty now, everything is gone … I want my kids [to] come back.” A number of witnesses tried to rescue the children but were unsuccessful, police said on Wednesday. Paramedics treated the children at the scene and they were taken to hospital in a critical condition but died shortly after, police said. Their mother was treated for minor injuries at the scene. …