Car crash, Fatality Free Friday: Pennie’s son’s haunting final words before fatal car crash | ‘Love you, bye’ Interview

The last time Pennie Randall saw her teenage son Addison Bhimjiani was with some friends when he went out to catch Maccas.

Today she shares her devastating story in an effort to prevent further tragedies. 

“I love you, bye,” the 17-year-old shouted to Pennie, who was in the kitchen cooking dinner and preparing the meal for her. health conscious son who was an avid gym goer and diligently counted his macros

The morning of his death, Pennie dropped her son off at his electrical apprenticeship before heading to work herself.

“It was a normal day. I took him to work. It was just the usual conversation, talking about life, work, little everyday things, which are just now very valuable,” she told nine.com.au.

“I usually drop him off to work at 4:30 in the morning and it’s only a short drive away. He usually puts on his music and we have a chat. This time I’m putting on a song for the very first time.”

The song was Morgan Wallen’s ‘Stand By Me’ – a song Pennie thought he would love, and he did.

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“After work he came home and took my car to the gym, came out of the gym, took a shower and then he was asked by a friend if he wanted to buy some Macca’s,” she continued.

“His last words to me were, ‘I love you, bye.’ And he went out the door.”

The accident occurred around 9:40 PM that evening and involved a single vehicle in which Addison was one of two passengers.

Pennie knows what happened that night because she has watched the footage showing Addison and his friends from the moment they left the McDonald’s car park to their drive along Windsor Road near McGraths Hill in Sydney’s northwest, where the accident occurred.

Pennie first heard about the accident when she received a call from a mother who lived on the same street as the driver.

“She called and asked if Addison was in the car with the driver that night. I said yes. Then she said, ‘There’s been a really bad accident. You have to go there.'”

The car Addison was driving had crashed into a utility pole in a single-vehicle accident.

Pennie grabbed her Medicare card and health care card and ran out the door. To reach the accident site, she had to drive through the back streets because the road was closed.

She stood there for six hours waiting for news about her son. By then, ambulances and police had arrived and the car was covered.

Pennie knew the accident was serious, but still thought Addison might have just been injured.

“I really stood there in disbelief. My son can’t be dead. That can’t be possible. He’s 17. He’s healthy. 17-year-olds who are healthy don’t die.”

As she stood there waiting for news, her daughter called her asking if her brother was dead. The news spread quickly on Snapchat.

“So I had her calling all night. I didn’t tell her. Well, I couldn’t tell her because I didn’t even know, because it wasn’t confirmed to me if my son was in the car.”

Hearing the “jaws of life” being used to cut open the car, Pennie moved closer and saw her son being pulled from the car and placed on a stretcher.

“I really stood there in disbelief. My son can’t be dead. That can’t be possible. He’s 17. He’s healthy. 17-year-olds who are healthy don’t die.”

‘I saw him from a distance. He seemed alive. And then they still couldn’t confirm it.

“Then they came up to me and I said, ‘That was my son.’ I visually confirmed that that is my son. That’s my son Addison Bhimjiani.”

Then they confirmed that Addison had “died.”

Addison was in the front passenger seat and took the full brunt of the impact. The 16-year-old passenger also died. The driver was injured and spent three nights in hospital.

Pennie is unable to move on after her devastating loss

“His room is still where he is. His things, his clothes, untouched. Just that empty space, the space where his shoes used to be by the door.

“I still have his lunch in the freezer.”

Pennie said this second year since losing Addison feels worse than the first.

”That first year I was so busy with the court and the fire started burning. I wanted some kind of justice.”

Pennie shares her incredible loss for Fatality Free Friday on May 29 and urges motorists to act responsibly on our roads.

“One driver changed our lives forever. Last year, 1,333 people died on our roads every year. You hear about it and you never think it will be someone you know.”

Pennie is a member of the Road Trauma Support Group NSWa 24/7 support line. Contact them on 1800 808 384 or visit their website.

Learn more about Fatality Free Friday by visiting the Australian Road Safety Foundation website.