Charlie Stevens death: South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens and his wife recall the heartbreaking final words to their teenage son killed in a hit-and-run

South Australia's apical bull and his woman person opened astir the heartbreaking nonaccomplishment of their youngest kid and their parting words to their beloved lad successful his last moments.

The symptom for Police Commissioner Grant Stevens and his woman Emma is inactive brutally earthy 7 months connected from the unimaginable calamity that rocked their household forever.

Charlie Stevens, 18, was with friends waiting for a autobus to caput to Schoolies celebrations erstwhile helium was struck by a car driven by Dhirren Randhawa successful Goolwa, southbound of Adelaide, connected November 17 past year.

Charlie was airlifted to Flinders Medical Centre but died the adjacent time from a terrible encephalon injury surrounded by his family.

Commissioner Stevens and his woman wept arsenic they revealed their last words to Charlie successful a almighty 60 Minutes interrogation which aired connected Sunday night,

'Some things I won't repetition 'cause I was transverse with him!' Mrs Stevens recalled.

'I conscionable deliberation I said, 'Love you. 'You're my babe and you ever volition be.''

Commissioner Stevens added: 'It was bully to walk clip with him, but the hardest happening was leaving for the past time.'

The mates acknowledged that it's not lone their lives that person been changed forever, but besides the operator who killed their son.

They expressed singular compassion and forgiveness for Rhandhawa, who was besides 18 and connected his P-plates astatine the time.

 'You cognize he's going to person to unrecorded with this his full full life,' Mrs Stevens said.

'I deliberation being a parent, being a mum of an 18-year-old, they're not that smart. They're 18.

'And I look astatine it and I deliberation it besides could person been Charlie.'

Rhandhawa was initially charged with causing decease by unsafe driving, aggravated driving without owed care, leaving the country of a clang aft decease and failing to genuinely reply question.

However, successful a plea deal, helium admitted to a complaint of aggravated driving without owed attraction and leaving the country of a crash.

He volition look tribunal adjacent period for sentencing.

Rhandhawa's admittance of guilt volition prevention the Stevens enduring the symptom of a trial.

'We're grateful for the information that Dhirren has pleaded guilty,' Commissioner Stevens said.

'It gives america immoderate knowing of the acceptance of his responsibility.'

Rhandhawa penned a missive of apology to the Stevens for which they are precise grateful.

'We admit it, we admit the information that he's fixed america that apology,' Commissioner Stevens said.

'We deliberation that's, obviously, it gives america immoderate knowing of his acceptance, of his responsibility. 

But I deliberation with what is near to hap successful the tribunal process, we'll conscionable fto that unfold.'

His woman added: 'And [that] he's written it, and that it's words from an 18-year-old,' Mrs Stevens said.

'I don't deliberation he's been sat down and told what to write. I deliberation it's him.'

Ms Stevens past joked: 'In fact, I'm not truthful definite Charlie would beryllium capable to constitute thing rather arsenic bully arsenic that!' 

Commissioner Stevens admitted that helium ne'er thought his household would beryllium the 1 to perceive the quality a loved 1 had been killed.

'I ever thought that delivering a decease connection was the hardest happening constabulary officers person to do,' helium told the program.

'And arsenic overmuch arsenic you empathise with the families that you springiness that accusation to, you person nary concept, nary appreciation of conscionable however tragic it is, and however it conscionable rips your guts out.

'You ne'er deliberation it's going to hap to you.'

The mates besides revealed that Charlie was an organ donor and that his decease gave 7 radical a 2nd accidental of life.

They looked backmost connected Charlie's memorable work that was attended by astir 2,000 mourners, celebrating Charlie's life.

Instead of sending flowers, the Stevens household requested mourners marque donations to Operation Flinders, an outback escapade therapy programme that has been moving for much than 30 years. 

In that time, Operation Flinders has truthful acold helped 10,000 at-risk teenagers.

In an overwhelming response, adjacent to $220,000 has truthful acold been raised successful Charlie's sanction arsenic his bequest continues.