Mother in car lake plunge tragedy visits surviving daughter

Dad Joseph Manyang said daughter Aluel had given her mum a “big hug”.
“She didn’t believe that her mum was still alive,” he said.
“She was asking yesterday (about her mum).”
Mr Manyang said his daughter was expected to make a “100 per cent” recovery and she should be allowed to go home within four days.
Aluel was moved from the intensive care unit at the Royal Children’s about 5.15pm yesterday.
Ms Guode visited her daughter for the first time but did not stay the night in the hospital.
She is expected to return today.
Other relatives remained with the child.
 The bedside vigil came as:
* A RELATIVE reveals the four children were playing in a park near the lake with their mum before the incident,
* FUNERAL arrangements have begun for baby Bol, and four-year-old twins Anger and Madit,
* THE children’s mother cannot bare to return home,
* POLICE continue a long, complex investigation to understand how the Toyota Kluger plunged into Lake Gladman.
The stricken mother arrived at Royal Children’s Hospital about 4.45pm accompanied by a dozen relatives and the child’s father, Joseph Manyang.
Ms Guode covered her head with a floral scarf and walked silently with her head slightly bowed as she entered the front door of the hospital.
Friends said she was exhausted, weak and shocked.

Cousin Makok Alier said Ms Guode was so traumatised that she had been “a mute”.
“As everyone would have to imagine ... she is not as well — she is still in shock,” Mr Alier said.
The family gathered in front of the hospital to show their solidarity and to publicly thank the Australian public for their outpouring of support.
Mr Alier said the family was standing by Ms Guode.
“We are all mourning and the primary concern we are dealing with is the emotional (condition) of her and ourselves,” he said.
A statement from the family described Ms Guode as a “wonderful mother”.
It read: “(Akon is) known to be humble; a quiet mother, hardly angry at one in the community or within the family”.
Reading the statement, Mr Alier said the family was struggling to accept the deaths of “three angels” but they had sought solace from the Bible.
“As loved ones we could not have accepted lives of these beautiful ones perishing accidentally — it is painful, evil and unjustified,” he said.
“We did not wish them to go so soon.
“Let their souls rest in peace.”