Parents' heartbroken tribute to tragic car crash boy Akshaaye Revin, 6

SITTING on his father's knee and facing him, Akshaaye Revin leant forward, kissed his dad twice and looked into his eyes. It was last Tuesday night and just hours before Dr Balan Revin was due to fly home to Malaysia and leave behind his six-year-old son, who would celebrate his first Australian Christmas in Sydney with his mum and cousins. "He said to me 'Daddy I love you, I'll love you forever and ever'," a distraught Dr Revin recalled yesterday. That was the final moment Dr Revin had with his only son, the night before Akshaaye was killed outside Carlingford Public School, last Wednesday morning. Dr Revin described Akshaaye as an affectionate and gentle boy, who brought immeasurable love and happiness into his parents' lives. "The last six years since we had Akshaaye have been the very best," Dr Revin said. Fung Yin Ong was tightly clutching her son Akshaaye's hand, as she walked her niece Zoe Stephen, 6, to school for her last day of the year. Zoe's younger sister Ellie was with them and, after the school drop-off, Ms Ong said she planned to take Akshaaye and Ellie to play at a nearby park. THE TRIBUTE TO AKSHAAYE BY HIS PARENTS: "You are indeed an extraordinary gift. We didn't know how much you would teach us about the meaning of true love. For true love sometimes means letting go of someone precious and dear. Darling Akshaaye, we truly do believe that you have a bigger purpose, perhaps to be an angel now, watching over those of us who loved you from the shining stars above. We miss you more than you can know. You can never be replaced ... in our hearts and memories forever will be your handsome and cheeky face and the wondrous joy you have brought to our lives." "Akshaaye was on my right side, and I was holding his hand. Ellie was just a little bit ahead of us and then Zoe was in front of her, rushing because she was excited to get to school," Ms Ong said. Out of nowhere, the group of four was struck by a Nissan SUV as they approached the school, killing Akshaaye and seriously injuring Ellie. "My leg was pinned under the car, but I somehow managed to pull it out ... I walked to the front of the car, and I saw Akshaaye, but I knew there was nothing I could do to save him," she said through tears. "I picked up Ellie, and I hugged her and I told her it was going to be all right. And then I went to Zoe and I asked her if she was OK." While Zoe walked away from the accident without physical injuries, Ellie remains in Westmead Children's Hospital with a fractured pelvis, and isn't expected to walk for up to four months. Looking down at her heavily bandaged leg as she recuperated at her sister's Carlingford home yesterday, Ms Ong said she believes Akshaaye saved her life. "Akshaaye was originally on my left side, but Ellie had picked up a frangipani off the ground while we were walking ... just before we got to the school, she dropped it. So I let go of Akshaaye to pick it up, and somehow after that, he ended up on my right side," she said. "Because he was on my right, he took the brunt of the car, and not me. He saved my life." Police investigating the accident said it appeared the driver was performing a three-point turn into a staff-only driveway, on Rickard Rd, when she struck the group of four. Investigators said it was possibly the driver accelerated instead of reversed, as she was manouvering the vehicle to drop her own two children at the school. Dr Revin and his wife said they felt no ill-feeling towards the driver of the car, and begged her not to feel any guilt. "The last thing we want is for her to carry any pain or guilt. We only have love for her. Akshaaye isn't coming back, but she needs to live, and we don't want her to feel any blame," Ms Ong said. As Dr Revin and Ms Ong faced a sad Christmas without their boy, they took comfort in the belief he is an angel. "Darling Akshaaye, we truly believe that you have a bigger purpose, perhaps to be an angel now, watching over those of us who loved you from the shining stars above," Ms Ong said in a tribute she penned her son. They held tight the handwritten Santa letter Akshaaye wrote when he arrived in Sydney last Saturday, insisting "I've been a good boy". "He was very keen for an iPad, but we told him not yet ... so he wanted a Nerf ball," Dr Revin said.