17/02/2015

Two Arrested Over Bath Truck Accident Deaths

Police investigating a fatal tipper truck accident in Bath have arrested two men.

Four people died after the 30-tonne truck lost control on Lansdown Lane hitting pedestrians and parked cars on 09 February.

4-year-old Mitzi Steady died alongside Phil Allen (52), Stephen Vaughan (34) and Robert Parker (59).

Two men, aged 19 and 28, were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence.

(MH/CD)

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