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| Lorry driver pleads guilty over four-death A34 crash | Lorry driver pleads guilty over four-death A34 crash |
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| A lorry driver has pleaded guilty to killing a mother and three children in an eight-vehicle crash in Berkshire. | A lorry driver has pleaded guilty to killing a mother and three children in an eight-vehicle crash in Berkshire. |
| Tomasz Kroker, 30, collided with the victims' car on the A34 between Chieveley and West Ilsley on 10 August. | Tomasz Kroker, 30, collided with the victims' car on the A34 between Chieveley and West Ilsley on 10 August. |
| Reading Crown Court heard he was distracted by using a mobile phone. | Reading Crown Court heard he was distracted by using a mobile phone. |
| Kroker, who admitted to four counts of causing death by dangerous driving and one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, will be sentenced on 31 October. | Kroker, who admitted to four counts of causing death by dangerous driving and one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, will be sentenced on 31 October. |
| The court was told it would be shown video shot by a camera inside the lorry cab which shows Mr Kroker using the phone, and "the fast-approaching queue of vehicles." | The court was told it would be shown video shot by a camera inside the lorry cab which shows Mr Kroker using the phone, and "the fast-approaching queue of vehicles." |
| Tracy Houghton, 45, from Dunstable, her two sons, Ethan, 13, and Joshua, 11, and her partner's daughter Aimee Goldsmith, 11, died in the crash. | |
| A man was flown to hospital by air ambulance with serious injuries. | A man was flown to hospital by air ambulance with serious injuries. |
| A further 11 people sustained minor injuries in the cash, which closed the northbound carriageway for about 12 hours. | A further 11 people sustained minor injuries in the cash, which closed the northbound carriageway for about 12 hours. |
| Kroker, of Trajan Walk, Andover, was remanded in custody to appear for sentencing by a High Court judge sitting at Reading Crown Court. | Kroker, of Trajan Walk, Andover, was remanded in custody to appear for sentencing by a High Court judge sitting at Reading Crown Court. |