Tuesday 10 February 2015

Four Year Old Girl Among Tipper Truck Crash In Bath Somerset

Mitzi Rosanna Steady
Mitzi Rosanna Steady, 4, died in the crash on Monday

A four-year-old girl who was walking with her grandmother was among the people killed in a truck crash in Bath, police have confirmed.

Mitzi Rosanna Steady died in the accident on Lansdown Lane.

A Scania tipper truck struck the pair and several vehicles on a steep hill near a primary school just after 16:00 GMT on Monday.
Scene of crash
Lorry taken from scene of crash
Three men from south Wales who were in a Volvo car, also died at the scene from their injuries.

The injured grandmother remains in a critical condition in hospital.

Mitzi's family released a short statement which said she would be "loved and missed by us all."

Two other people are being treated in hospital for minor injuries, including the lorry driver. Another man was discharged overnight.

Police said those killed in the car were a 59-year-old man from Cwmbran and two men, aged 52 and 34, from Swansea.

BBC reporter Andrew Plant said the driver of the tipper truck is thought to be aged 19.


BBC News

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