In August of last year, Rupi Badh, Varinder Badh and Jatinder Badh-Bir all got tattooed with the names of their parents.

Their right wrists are now permanently inscribed with their father Dilbag and their mother Bakhshish, the names running in a circle around Punjabi-language script that means "one God."

It's a way of honouring the memory of their parents, who died in a hit-and-run crash in 2008.

On July 12 it will be exactly one year to the day when a speeding white 2006 Acura TL side-swiped a black Chevrolet Camaro then rear-ended a BMW on 128 Street and 85 Avenue.

The Acura lost control and rolled onto its roof.

The occupants of the Acura – who are described by police as young South Asian men – fled on foot.

The driver of the Camaro remained at the scene

Dilbag and Bakhshish and their daughters Rupi and Varinder were inside the BMW.

They were just coming back from a wedding rehearsal for Rupi, who was at the wheel.

Dilbag and Bakhshish were pronounced dead at the scene.

Varinder was sent to hospital with fractures and internal injuries.

Rupi's injuries were described as less serious by police.

On Wednesday, the three sisters and their brother Narinder were surrounded by uncles, aunts, nieces and nephews and cousins as they returned to the scene of the crash.

The Surrey RCMP know who the registered owner of the Acura is, but they have been unable to gather enough evidence to identify who was driving.

It is time, the Badh children say, for the driver and passenger of the Acura to do the right thing.

Rupi Badh read a statement on behalf of her family calling the Acura driver and his family "pathetic cowards" for refusing to come forward.

"How could you have run past my mom laying in the street," she said.

"How could you ignore my hysterical pleas of help. Are you really that heartless?"

Varinder Badh said the family simply wants justice.

"This isn't about vengeance, this is about responsibility and accountability," she said.

A year after the crash, Jatinder Badh-Bir said she and her sisters and brother are still struggling with the hole that was left in their lives.

"Its hard to rebuild," she said.

Brother Raminder Badh said laws need to be toughed.

For the past year my family has been going through torment," he said.

"No one cares. I want the laws to be stronger."

In April, a Badh family-sponsored petition calling for the creation of a vehicular homicide law passed the 10,000 signatures mark.

Vehicular homicide laws exist in the U.S., but not in Canada.

Currently, someone involved in a hit-and-run causing death can be charged with criminal negligence causing death (punishable by a maximum sentence of life in prison) or with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death (punishable by a jail term not exceeding 14 years).

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Cpl. Bho Dhaliwal at 604-599-0502 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

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