One of the survivors of a high-speed crash that killed three people, including two mothers, says the driver was drinking before getting behind the wheel.
The South Sudanese refugees died over the weekend following a late-night police pursuit.
Questions are now being raised about the fate of their children.
She is battered, bruised, but alive.
Asunta Jongkor is now back home with her husband and 10 children after a horrific crash that killed her niece and two best friends.
She suffered minor facial and shoulder injuries, but says the pain of losing those close to her is what will not go away.
"I'm really, really not happy, because that's all my family is my friends. I'll get better. I don't look like I'm loose (okay), but I'm still alive. Even (if) I get hurt, I (can) go and fix it. The problem is someone died. This is bad."
Asunta Jongkor was one of five passengers travelling in a white sedan in Sydney's west late last Friday night.
Officers tried to stop the vehicle for a random breath test when the driver allegedly ignored instructions and drove off at high speed.
Moments later, it crashed into a pole and flipped over.
Mother of four Roza Mawen, mother of eight Bianca Goak -- visiting from Melbourne -- and Adut Mathong were killed.
The driver, a 33-year-old man, remains in a stable condition in hospital.
Asunta Jongkor says everyone in the car was under the influence of alcohol.
"We drunk and we drive, and we did accident, and someone died, so we can't do anything now. Just lost. It just happened, something happened. You can't do anything after."
Adut Mathong's husband William says he was informed of his wife's death almost 12 hours later when police knocked on his door.
"When the police came and let me know, I was at home here, and I thought, 'She's there, and she's going to come.' But I just find myself in front of the police."
William Maud says the pair met in Africa, and he loved his wife for nearly 30 years.
"A lovely lady. I don't know what to say, or what to do, or what I'm going to ... I don't know what to say."
Adut Mahtong's younger brother Akoung says he shared a special bond with his sister.
"All my life, she's the one who raised me up. She's a lovely lady. Whatever I asked her about anything, she did it for me. She would never disappoint me."
Leaders within the South Sudanese community have rallied around the victims and their families.
Community president Emmanuel Kondok says their main focus now is caring for the 12 children left without their mothers.
"We assigned some of the members to look after the children. This is one thing we have done from day one. This is a community of resilience, of cooperative generosity. We're working a bit hard together to bring the families of the victims together, comfort them, and making sure that everybody is looked after."
Fellow community leader Justin Mabor says a fund has been started to raise money for those affected by the tragedy.
"It's a great loss that will never go away easily, and the main thing is we would like to ask the wider Australian community, for them, a similar thing not to happen in other communities."
While the cause of the crash is still being investigated, Asunta Jongkor's husband, Arkangelo Kon, says police should rethink their response to potential pursuits in the future.
"(The) police are not guilty. The police are right. But they have to look for another way."
The community is observing four days of mourning, with funeral dates to be set once the coroner's reports are completed.
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