Mother of children killed in Vaughan crash 'beyond anger'

The mother of the three children who were killed alongside their grandfather in a collision near Vaughan, Ont., two months agosays she and her husband are "beyond anger," overlastSeptember's crash.

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Jennifer Neville-Lake spoke briefly to the media after the accusedin thecollision, MarcoMuzzo, made another court appearance. She and her husband, Edward, held hands in the packed courtroom in Newmarket, Ont., while Muzzoappeared via video link.

Neville-Lakesaid she and her husband are "still in the questioning stage," over the crash.

"I can't even think of how to say it.You know, the question I want to say is, 'Why?'" shesaid when asked how she feels when she seesMuzzoin court.

"It's beyond anger, it's beyond rage."

'We need to come'

Muzzo is facing 18 charges, includingfour counts of impaired driving causing death overthedeaths of the three children and their grandfatherin theSept. 27 crash.

A decision on bail was held over and Muzzo'snext court appearancewas set forNov. 26.

The crash happenedwhen a minivan with six members of the Neville-Lake family was T-boned at the intersectionofKirby Road and Kipling Avenue, north of Kleinburg.

Daniel Neville-Lake, 9, his brother Harrison, 5, their sister Milly, 2, all died. Their 65-year-old grandfather, Gary Neville, died later in hospital.The children's grandmother and great-grandmother survived the crash.

Muzzo is beingheldincustody in Lindsay, Ont.

Jennifer Neville-Lake said she and her husband are trying to "normalize" their lives by going to the grocery store and to the library. She has also tried to attend meetings of the Beaver Scouts group she used to lead.

"It was really, really difficult," she said. "But because so many pieces of us were wrapped up with our kids, I want to see if it's possible for us to even ever go back to being a Beaver leader, to ever go back to what we used to have."

She said she and her husbandplan to attend every court date.

"This is the only part we have left," she said.

"We need to come ...we have no say in what happens. We can't control this at all."