00:00It was on this busy Kensington Road pedestrian crossing where two young lives were forever
00:07changed.
00:08Tseng Van Huynh fronted the District Court to listen to the impact his gross inattention
00:13had on the two 16-year-old victims when he shot through a pedestrian crossing nine seconds
00:19after the light turned red.
00:21One victim told the court he remembered waking up in the Royal Adelaide Hospital being unable
00:26to walk after suffering multiple fractures.
00:29I was in the RA and unable to walk due to having a rod sticking out of my pelvis due
00:34to multiple fractures.
00:35The court heard the teenager suffered a traumatic brain injury after his head hit the windscreen
00:40of Huynh's truck.
00:42His mother also told the court about the moment she rushed to the scene.
00:46What came next, shock and fear of the unknown and whether he was going to be okay.
00:51The second victim, a 16-year-old girl, told the court the crash unfolded in front of many
00:56of her peers.
00:57As I don't remember the accident, my psychological impact directly from that is low, unlike the
01:02many people who were there.
01:04The court heard Huynh manoeuvre around two vehicles in the right lane as he approached
01:07the pedestrian crossing before shooting through the red light and striking the two students.
01:12Huynh's defence lawyer says his client admits wrongdoing but wasn't using his phone or under
01:17the influence of drugs or alcohol.
01:19Outside court, Huynh apologised to the victims.
01:22Yeah, I'm sorry.
01:23Both prosecution and defence agreed a suspended sentence would be appropriate.
01:28Huynh will be sentenced next month.
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