'Love you, bye': Pennie's son's haunting final words before fatal car crash

The last time Pennie Randall saw her teenage son Addison Bhimjiani was when he was heading out the door to grab Maccas with some mates.

Today, she's sharing her devastating story in an effort to prevent further tragedies.

"Love you, bye," the 17-year-old called out to Pennie, who was in the kitchen cooking dinner and meal prepping for her health-conscious son who was an avid gym-goer and was diligently counting his macros.

The morning of his death, Pennie dropped her son off at his electrical apprenticeship job before heading to work herself.

"It was just a normal day. I dropped him off to work. It was just the usual conversation, talking about life, work, little everyday things, which are just ordinary but very precious now," she told nine.com.au.

"I usually drop him to work at about 5.30 in the morning and it's just a short drive. He usually puts on his music and we chat. This time I put a song on for the very first time."

The song was 'Stand By Me' by Morgan Wallen – a song Pennie thought he'd love, and he did.

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"After work he came home and took my car to the gym, came from the gym, showered, and then he was asked by a friend if he wanted to get some Maccas," she continued.

"His last words to me were, 'Love you, bye'. And out the door he went."

The crash happened at approximately 9.40pm that evening and involved a single vehicle in which Addison was one of two passengers.

Pennie knows what happened that night because she watched the footage which showed Addison and his friends from the time they left the McDonald's carpark, to their drive down Windsor Road at McGraths Hill in Sydney's north west where the crash occurred.

Pennie first heard about the crash when she received a call from a mother who lived on the same street at the driver.

"She rang and asked her if Addison was in the car with the driver that night. I said he was. Then she said, 'There's been a really bad crash. You need to get there.'"

The car in which Addison was travelling had slammed into a power pole in a single-vehicle crash.

Pennie grabbed her Medicare card and health care card and raced out the door. She had to use the back streets to get to the scene of the crash because the road had been closed.

She stood there for six hours, waiting to hear news of her son. By then, ambulances and the police had arrived and the car had been covered.

She knew it was serious, but still believed perhaps Addison had just been injured.

"I was really just standing there in complete disbelief. My son can't be dead. It's not possible. He's 17. He's healthy. 17 year old's that are healthy don't die."

As she stood there waiting for news, her daughter rang her asking if her brother was dead. The news had travelled fast on Snapchat.

"So I had her ringing me throughout the night. I didn't tell her. Well, I couldn't tell her anything because I didn't actually even know myself, because it wasn't confirmed to me if my son was in the car."

When she heard the 'jaws of life' being used to cut the car open Pennie moved closer, and saw her son being pulled out of the car and placed on a stretcher.

"I saw him from a distance. He looked alive. And then they still weren't able to confirm it.

"Then they came over to me and I said, 'That was my son.' I made a visual confirmation that that's my son. That's my son Addison Bhimjiani."

That's when they confirmed Addison was "deceased".

Addison had been seated in the front passenger seat and took the full brunt of the impact. The 16-year-old passenger also died. The driver was injured, and spent three nights in hospital.

Pennie has been unable to move on following her devastating loss.

"His room still sits where it is. His things, his clothes, untouched. Just that empty space, the space where his shoes used to sit at the door.

"I still have his lunch's in the freezer."

Pennie said this second year since losing Addison feels worse than the first.

"That first year I was so busy with court and I had that fire going. I wanted some sort of justice."

Pennie is sharing her incredible loss for Fatality Free Friday on May 29 and is urging drivers to act responsibly on our roads.

"One driver changed our lives forever. In the past year 1333 people are dying every year on our roads. You hear about it and you never think it will be anyone that you know."

Pennie is a member of the Road Trauma Support Group NSW, a 24/7 support line. Contact them on 1800 808 384 or Road Trauma Support Group NSW.

Find out more about Fatality Free Friday by visiting the Fatality Free Friday.