A man who was killed after being hit by a car while crossing the street in Sydney’s south-west has been remembered for his kind nature as police investigate how the crash unfolded.
Abdul Hamid Lababidi, 78, visited his friend with dementia on Boronia Road in Greenacre every Thursday at 5pm.
Yesterday when he crossed the road at 6.30pm when leaving, he was allegedly struck by a P-plate driver in a Ford Ranger, pushing him into a second car.
Lababidi was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.
Detectives are looking into whether the 19-year-old P-plater was speeding at the time of the crash.
“There’s not a Thursday that he doesn’t come past,” family friend Amanda said.
”Unfortunately, now he’s not with us.
“This street, Boronia Road in Greenacre, is like a raceway… something really needs to change.”
Lababidi was a father, a friend and a beloved community member who was known for his volunteer work and conducting calls to prayer in mosques across south-west Sydney.
“People used to help him around and he was a helper for everyone and the phone hasn’t stopped with people fighting to pay for his funeral,” friend Ahmad Hraichie said.
The 19-year-old male driver of the ute was taken to Bankstown Hospital for mandatory testing.
An investigation into the crash is under way.
