Seven years jail for horror smash

By Bridget Cook
THE driver who killed four teenagers in a horror smash in Lynbrook about two years ago has been jailed for more than seven years.
Cranbourne resident Aaron Scott Lindsay, 28, was sentenced to seven years and 10 months’ jail with a non-parole period of five years in court last Thursday.
The court heard that Lindsay had an estimated blood alcohol reading between .06 and .10 and was speeding when he crashed into a Holden Commodore at the intersection of Hallam and Ormond roads just before 1.30am on June 28, 2009.
The Commodore driver Joel Brimble, 19, and his passengers Riyani Lowen, 16, and Anja Miler, 15, were killed, along with Lindsay’s passenger Errol Long, 18.
Lindsay, who was also seriously injured, pleaded guilty to four counts of dangerous driving causing death and four of dangerous driving causing serious injury.
Prosecutor Shivani Pillai told the County Court at a hearing earlier this year that Lindsay was driving his father’s V8 Holden Statesman at between 116km/h and 126km/h in an 80km/h zone at the time of the crash, not allowing enough time for the Commodore to complete a right-turn from Ormond Road onto Hallam Road.
Victim impact statements from a number of affected family members were tendered in the Victorian County Court in June.
Kayla Brimble, whose brother died in the collision, said no-one knew how fragile, weak and broken she really was.
Kayla said everything reminded her of her brother.
“When Joel died, I did too,” she said.
Errol’s mother Fiona Hein said all she felt was emptiness.
“Part of me has died with my beautiful baby boy,” she said.