Baby girl dies in hospital two days after her mum and big brother were killed in horror crash when their Mazda SUV veered across a motorway and slammed into a cement truck
- Baby Ivy clung to life for two days after crash
- Lost fight for life Wednesday morning
- Mum Katrina and brother Kai also died
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A baby girl has died following the horror highway crash that tragically claimed the life of her mum and older brother.
Katrina Sila, 34, and her two-year-old son Kai Prahastono were killed instantly when their silver SUV veered into a cement truck on the other side of the Hume Highway at Menangle Park, south-west Sydney, about 11.20am on Monday.
Ms Sila’s second child, three-month-old Ivy, was rescued from the wreckage and was airlifted to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in a critical condition.
Sadly, little Ivy lost her fight for life early Wednesday morning.
Katrina Sila, 34, pictured with her husband, son Kai Prahastono and baby daughter Ivy, who lost her fight for life on Wednesday
The male truck driver, 48, was not injured and has will undergo mandatory drug and alcohol testing.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash and will prepare a report for the coroner.
Investigators urged anyone with dashcam vision in the area at the time or anyone with further information to come forward.
It’s unclear exactly why Ms Sila’s car crossed from the motorway’s southbound lane into the highway’s northbound lane – although the accident was not far from a small U-turn bay.
‘It is hard to think anybody did survive that wreckage – such a tragic and high-speed incident,’ said paramedic Mark Gibbs, from Ambulance NSW.
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Police said Ms Sila was heading to the family’s Denham Court home in Sydney’s south-west, when the tragedy unfolded.
Katrina Sila (left) had two children with her husband Ilham (right)
Pictured: Emergency services worked to get the trapped baby out of the car
The force of the collision catapulted the SUV’s engine a hundred metres up the road, witnesses said – with a photo showing it laying by the side of the road.
The truck driver was uninjured and will undergo mandatory drug and alcohol testing.
Daily Mail Australia understands that both Ms Sila and her grieving husband, Ilham, work in finance.
A family photo posted online in January shows Ms Sila and her husband smiling as they craddled their son and newborn daughter in their arms.
‘We are heartbroken to announce the sad passing of Katrina Sila and son Kai … a loving daughter, mother, devoted wife, sister and friend to many,’ a family statement said.
Islamic prayer groups on Facebook issued a post on Tuesday announcing Ms Sila – a Thai Muslim – and her son had passed away in the crash and asked followers to pray for baby Ivy’s recovery.
The latest tragedy comes just days after a father and his two children were killed when their ute slammed into a tree at Coutts Crossing, south of Grafton in northern NSW on Saturday.
Lance Danks Brown, 43, his son Kayden, 14, and daughter Sharna, 11, died at the scene.
Ivy was airlifted to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead where she clung to life for two days before succumbing to her injuries
