Investigate to see if the student’s driver who caused a Triple Fatal accident near Mount Gambier was in shape to drive

An investigation has begun to evaluate whether an autistic teenager who caused an accident that killed three people of the same family in the southeast of southern Australia was in a position to drive at the time of collision.

The Forensic Naomi Kereru is asking in the death of Ned Walker, 80, Nan Walker, 70 and his daughter Sue Skeer, 55, who were killed in a frontal collision on the Princes Highway in Suttontown in November 2020 .

A 16 -year -old boy, who cannot be appointed as he was a young man at the time of the accident, was declared guilty by the careless driving trial, but not guilty of the most serious crime of causing death for driving dangerous.

Opening the investigation on Tuesday, the lawyer who helped the coroner Martin Kirby said that the investigation will explore if the adolescent was fit to drive a motorized vehicle with a learning permit at the time of the accident.

“The problems to consider in this court are related to the license of (the teenager) and the question of whether it was in form to drive a vehicle in the first place,” he said.

“Question seven (in the application for learning permit) was asked about the existence of any medical condition.

“In (its) application, this question was answered ‘no’.

“An approach to this investigation will be in (this) request for the permission of the students and if their autistic spectrum disorder, the ADHD and the Tourette syndrome were medical problems that required … more research before he was licensed.”

The child’s mother told court on Tuesday that she and her son did not believe that any of her conditions would affect her driving.

“I don’t think you have any condition that may affect your competition to boost … your theory test was well, it is an extremely good driver,” he said.

“None of its conditions is severe enough to affect its driving competition.

“It’s very good to know the rules,” he said.

Kirby told court that the teenager had stopped taking his medicine for ADHD in May 2020, six months before the accident, but had not discussed it with his doctor.

“Dr. (Draham) of Silva will give evidence in this investigation, and he anticipates that he can speak with the ADHD (of the teenager), the disorder of the autistic spectrum and his tourette and how those various neurological problems affected in their function.” said.

“It is also anticipated that Dr. De Silva will talk about the impact of the medication on him (he) and his need for it.”

The teenager’s mother said she took her son from the medicine because he had begun to be aggressive.

She said that from the accident, her son began to take antidepressants, but has not recommended taking drugs for ADHD.

“We have put it in antidepressants because it is very depressed for all this,” he said.

Outside the court, the members of the Family of Mr. and Mrs. Walker and Sue Sker said they were surprised to learn about the scope of the adolescent’s disability.

“Should I really have a license? This has been our argument all the time, knowing that it had a disability, but to what extent we were not sure,” Kerri-Lee Bromley said.

He also said he rejected the claim that the 16 -year -old was a good driver, and said that “nobody is perfect.”

The investigation will continue until Thursday.