As she was driving around a bend at 11am, dust completely covered the road from a car doing doughnuts and burn-outs nearby.
The next moment the teacher remembers is the impact of the crash which deployed all the air bags, and changed her family's life forever.
A mother-of-two has spoken of the horrifying moment she realised her 16-month-old son's neck was broken as she was pulling him from the wreck of her car after three teenagers recklessly smashed into it
Rylea Taylor, 30, pictured with her husband Andrew and Jaxon, was travelling with her young family along the Newell Highway in NSW when the tragic accident occurred on September 15
Mrs Taylor's son Jaxon (pictured) broke both his c1 and c2 and his collarbone, meaning his neck was no longer attached to his spine. According to doctors he is lucky to be alive
'My nine-year-old daughter was unconscious and my 16-month-old son was screaming,' she told Daily Mail Australia.
'Both were bleeding from their tiny faces, as I pulled my son from the car I knew his neck was broken.
'No mother should have to pull their kid from a car with a broken neck. I won't ever get to forget that.
Mrs Taylor said she felt helpless.
'I had to tell my children everything was going to be OK, I looked at my daughter and she just said 'mum help me". I tried desperately to hold my children,' she said.
'What sort of thing is that to do when the three people who caused the accident are sitting there uninjured.'
Mrs Taylor's son Jaxon broke both his c1 and c2 and his collarbone, meaning his neck was no longer attached to his spine. According to doctors he is lucky to be alive as injuries in someone so young could have been fatal.
He was placed in a medically-induced coma for three days and faces months of treatment, including wearing a halo, to help the bones fuse back together correctly.
Nine-year-old Shayne (pictured with her brother) had to have five centimetres of her small bowel removed and underwent three-and-a-half hours of surgery to stop internal bleeding
Shayne is in a body frame while her broken vertebrae heal to ensure they don't heal hunchback
When contacted by police Mrs Taylor was informed that the laws for reckless driving and causing grievous bodily harm carry different punishments from state to state
When contacted by police, Mrs Taylor was informed that the laws for reckless driving and causing grievous bodily harm carry different punishments from state to state, and that it is unlikely the boys will receive anything more than a suspended driving sentence and a fine.
It is now Mrs Taylor's mission to ensure the devastation to her family doesn't happen to anyone else.
The teacher has put together a petition on change.org to send to the National Road Transport Commission, which has already received over 4,500 signatures, to try to change the law to ensure the same rules apply Australia-wide for reckless driving.
It is now Mrs Taylor's mission to ensure the devastation to her family, doesn't happen to anyone else
'If you drive recklessly and destroy the lives of others you should be punished, you don't deserve to drive.
'My children will have rehabilitation, physio appointments, scars and a life different to the one I hoped for them.
'I hoped they could play the sports they chose, they could jump on a trampoline, play together and run and be children - at no point will I have the joy of watching my children play without fearing that they will be hurt by their injuries caused to them by someone's stupidity.
'Australia needs to deter others from ruining innocent people's lives. One body to create tougher laws that reflect the suffering they have caused. Laws that are the same Australia wide, laws that hopefully, if they carry substantial punishments might actually make people think twice before driving recklessly.'
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