'Chose to speed': man jailed for deadly bridge crash

A speeding driver has been jailed after fatally crushing two people who had stopped to exchange details after a prang on a major bridge.

Amy Lim, 25, and Hongyi Zhang, 40, were squashed between their vehicles after getting out of their cars on Sydney's Anzac Bridge shortly before midnight on December 2, 2022.

Adeeb Sukkar was speeding on his way to a casino when he slammed his car into the back of Ms Lim's vehicle, crushing her and Mr Zhang, who both died from their injuries at the scene.

Sukkar was sentenced on Wednesday to spend a maximum of five years in jail with a non-parole period of two years and six months.

He will first be eligible for release on May 8, 2027.

NSW District Court Chief Judge Sarah Huggett said the 43-year-old had demonstrated genuine remorse but his driving at the time posed a significant danger to the community.

Sukkar was travelling at almost 20km/h over the speed limit and changed lanes without indicating from behind a van just prior to the crash.

"I am satisfied Mr Sukkar drove at a speed that was particularly excessive given the circumstances," Judge Huggett said.

"It is not a case where his dangerous driving was momentary."

"He changed lanes without indicating in circumstances where he could not see ... what was ahead of him."

Sukkar was shocked to find the two dead people between the vehicles when he got out of his car at the scene, the court was told.

"Where did those two people come from?" he was recorded saying to police.

"There's two f***ing people.

"I got out, I thought it was an accident and there's a body right there."

Sukkar's lawyer Greg Stanton earlier argued the actions of Ms Lim and Mr Zhang in stopping to exchange details where they did contributed to their deaths.

But Judge Huggett rejected the submissions, saying drivers were expected to be prepared for dangers to arise on roadways.

"The fact is Mr Sukkar chose to drive at the speed he did," she said.

"The deceased did not contribute to Mr Sukkar's decision to drive as he did."

Prosecutors previously revealed Sukkar had been warned by police about the dangers of speeding 10 days earlier, in the same location and under very similar circumstances.

However, Judge Huggett found there was no evidence Sukkar was actually speeding on that occasion, saying the incident would not be given any weight in sentencing him.

In a victim impact statement, Amy Lim's older sister Anna said she was told her badly injured sibling clung to life for five minutes following the collision.

"Apparently she was really trying hard to stay alive," Anna Lim said in the statement, which was read to the court on her behalf.