- Father of three was dragged under a truck
- Wife hunted after begging for her life
A father-of-three has recalled how he feared for his life when he was dragged across a main road by a lorry after a minor collision turned into a terrifying road rage incident.
Emergency services were called to the scene after Amin Saidiwi, 40, was hit by a truck on Blacktown Road in Sydney’s west last Friday.
Police allege he was deliberately beaten after accusing a truck driver of crashing his SUV.
Harrowing CCTV footage showed the shocking moment the truck hit Mr Saidiwi, leaving him clinging to the front bumper for dear life.
As the truck slowed, he slipped off the bumper and fell before his body became trapped under a wheel.
As his wife, Sajedeh Mohsni, watched in horror, Mr Saidiwi was dragged 15 metres along the road while trapped beneath the vehicle.
The truck driver allegedly fled the scene before emergency services arrived.
Five days later, Mr Saidiwi remains in hospital recovering from serious leg injuries.
A father of three was hit and dragged 15 metres along Blacktown Road by a lorry last Friday.
“I thought I was going to die,” Saidiwi said. 7News from his hospital bed.
‘Then I think about the children, I think about the family.
‘I can’t walk, I can’t sit, I can’t do anything because both my legs hurt so much.
His wife chased after the truck, begging the driver to stop.
“I just ran, ran, ran to tell him, ‘Please stop! Stop! Don’t kill him! Stop!'” she recalled.
She stopped chasing him after Mr Saidiwi finally managed to free her body from the truck.
“I just saw my husband… coming out. I don’t know (whether he is dead or not),” Mohsni said.
A 27-year-old Brazilian student turned himself in to police the next day.
Amin Saidiwi thought he was going to die after being trapped under the truck.
The man was charged with a number of offences including furious driving of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm, causing bodily harm by misconduct in charge of a motor vehicle, negligent driving and failing to stop and assist after impact causing injury.
The lorry driver was granted bail to appear again at Blacktown Local Court on Thursday 12 September.