Attorneys representing a woman accused of killing her sister in a hit-and-run accident want the charges against her dropped.
Anong Luk, 24, popularly known as Gol, passed away in November of last year after being caught between two driving cars in Melbourne’s west.
Asyai Luk, her 22-year-old sister, is accused of fleeing the scene of a roadside quarrel while driving the moving vehicle, according to police.
Luk was accompanied by their mother Aleza Gwit as he appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Monday for a committal hearing.
She is accused of reckless driving that caused a fatality and failing to stop and offer aid.
The hearing did not require her to speak.
Her attorney Peter Morrissey declared that the incidence was a “freakish occurrence” that neither sister could have anticipated, and that the case should be dismissed.
He claimed that after an earlier physical argument, his client got in her car and left the scene because she was afraid of what her sister may do if she got back in.
“The sister was tragically imprisoned in an uncommon and unusual way… Unexpectedly, she was caught in the door,” Morrissey told the judge.
CCTV footage demonstrates that she was driving forward and looking forward, not in any manner in the direction of or at the risk of the dead.
She was unaware that the accident had happened.
Morrissey’s assertions that Luk was not driving recklessly were refuted by the prosecution.
“Ms. Luk drives off with the door wide open and at a high rate of speed during the course of a heated argument that was both verbal and physical between the two sisters,” said prosecutor Abbey Hogan.
“Gol Luk exits the building, leans against the open door with her arm, and proceeds to step inside the car. At that point, the accused speeds off with the door open.
“Leaving the car door open while driving off quickly is obviously dangerous.”
Judge Brett Sonnet postponed making a ruling until Tuesday morning.
