Horrifying moment speeding driver kills couple in Caulfield South crash [Video]

“Red light, stop!” a young man’s friend said from the passenger seat as he raced towards traffic lights at almost 200km/h.

But Oudom Doeun’s deadly adventure continued.

He ignored his passenger’s pleas and, with his foot pressed down on the accelerator, sped up as he approached the lights.

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Doeun applied the brakes 0.5 seconds before his BMW hurled into a silver Honda, which had been waiting to turn right at an intersection in Caulfield South, Melbourne’s southeast.

Nepalese couple Santosh Adhikari, 32, and Pratima Thapa Adhikari, 22, were killed instantly as they drove home after finishing night shift at an aged care home.

Dramatic video footage showing Doeun’s BMW speeding down North Rd was played to the County Court on Monday, as the 25-year-old faced a pre-sentence hearing.