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At least four dead as tipper truck collides with vehicles and pedestrians in Bath | At least four dead as tipper truck collides with vehicles and pedestrians in Bath |
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A least four people have died and four injured, after a tipper truck collided with pedestrians and vehicles on a hill in Bath. | |
Eye witnesses told the police that the driver was trying to avert an accident, as the truck travelled down the hill. | Eye witnesses told the police that the driver was trying to avert an accident, as the truck travelled down the hill. |
Avon and Somerset Police are carrying out an investigation into the collision which took place at around 4pm today in Lansdown Lane, Upper Weston, Bath. | Avon and Somerset Police are carrying out an investigation into the collision which took place at around 4pm today in Lansdown Lane, Upper Weston, Bath. |
We’re carrying out an investigation into the scene of a collision in Lansdown Lane in which four people have died http://t.co/6Mn2cjMrhY | We’re carrying out an investigation into the scene of a collision in Lansdown Lane in which four people have died http://t.co/6Mn2cjMrhY |
The truck was carrying aggregate - materials used in construction - when it ran into a number of other vehicles and two pedestrians, according to police. | The truck was carrying aggregate - materials used in construction - when it ran into a number of other vehicles and two pedestrians, according to police. |
The emergency services airlifted one patient to Southmead Hospital in Bristol, while three others have been rushed to the Royal United Hospital in Bath, a spokeswoman for South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust told the Press Association. | |
"There were two air ambulances at the scene, five ambulances, three paramedics in rapid response vehicles and a BASICS [British Association for Immediate Care] doctor," she added. | |
Weston All Saints Primary School nearby the scene of the incident, will be closed tomorrow. | |
A spokesman for Bath and North East Somerset Council said: "Due to the tragic accident on Lansdown Lane this evening, the police have asked that Weston All Saints Primary be closed tomorrow. | |
She advised prents and carer to check the school website closure page for further updates. |