Family of Alex Taylor-Siciliano, killed in Waterloo Corner crash in 2015, deliver heartbreaking court testimony

A GRIEVING mother who gave birth to her daughter while grieving for her son, killed in a head-on crash at Waterloo Corner, has told a court it breaks her heart that she will never have a photo of her children together.

TONI Taylor will never have a photograph of all of her children together.

She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl in early 2016 — six months after her son Alex Taylor-Siciliano was tragically killed in a head-on smash at Waterloo Corner.

“I was three months pregnant when Alex died — grieving the death of your child while carrying another is the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to do,” she told the District Court on Tuesday.

“Six months after his death, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, while a day of excitement and happiness, it was also one of the saddest days for me.

“My baby girl will never meet or know her big brother — she will never feel his love.

“The first photo I have of her with her brothers and sisters breaks my heart because it is not complete. Alex isn’t in it and never will be.

Alex Taylor-Siciliano, 20, was killed in a crash at Waterloo Corner in September 2015. Picture: Facebook

“I will never have a photo with all my children in it. Never. This is so terribly hard to accept.”

Mr Taylor-Siciliano, 20, was a passenger in a car being driven by his friend, Peter Andrew Scott, when it veered on to the wrong side of the road and crashed into another car on September 29, 2015.

Scott was disqualified and under the influence of methamphetamines at the time of the crash, which also seriously injured 59-year-old motorist Gary Hall.

In her victim impact statement, Ms Taylor fought back tears as she told Judge Paul Muscat that her suffering would never end.

“I will grieve for a lifetime. Period. The end,” she said.

“There is no moving on or getting over it, there is no solution to my heartache, no exit for my pain, no going back in time.

“I wish people would understand that grief lasts forever because love lasts forever. The loss of a child is not one tragic event, it is a continuous loss that unfolds minute-by-minute over the course of a lifetime.”

Peter Andrew Scott at an earlier hearing in the Adelaide Magistrates Court in June 2015. Picture: Greg Higgs

She said her son — who was known as “Alby” — had the “best personality”.

“He was so smart, funny, loving, respectful, he had the cheekiest grin and the best laugh ever — his laugh was infectious,” she said.

Ms Taylor said her son’s “greatest love” was his own son, who would now grow up without the care and protection of his father.

In his victim impact statement that was read by prosecutor Cait Deane, Roberto Siciliano said his world “shattered” when he was told of his son’s death.

“When I heard about the details of the crash, that you, the driver, wanted to leave the scene and my son behind, I was angry,” he said.

“Why were you driving at all when you were high on meth and had no right to be on the road?

“You were supposed to be a friend, you were supposed to look after him, you failed him.”

Grandfather Gary Hall, who was injured, said in his victim impact statement that the crash had changed his life forever.

“At the end of all this — I’m the only one that saw this and no one will ever see what I saw coming at me and it will haunt me for the rest of my life,” he said.

Scott has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.

He is contesting the fact he was driving the car erratically on the Northern Expressway before the fatal smash.

Adam Gaite, for Scott, said his client would give evidence about his driving when the case is back before the court next month.

But Judge Muscat said there was no evidence to suggest Scott and the victim had swapped driving.

Scott broke down as Judge Muscat then revoked his bail and remanded him in custody until the disputed facts hearing.