Police are continuing to investigate the cause of a collision involving a tipper truck that left four people dead, including a young girl.
The 32-tonne truck, which was carrying aggregate, crashed into cars and pedestrians as it travelled down a steep hill in Upper Weston in Bath, Somerset, just after 4pm on Monday.
The girl, who was a pedestrian, and three adults in a car died at the scene.
Eyewitness accounts given to police suggest the driver of the truck had been trying to avoid an accident.
The area was busy with parents collecting children from school, and police have asked Weston All Saints Primary School to remain closed today due to the incident.
A number of people were also injured.
One of them, who is believed to be female, was airlifted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol in a critical condition from a primary school playing field.
Another three patients, two men and one woman, suffered minor injuries and were taken to the Royal United Hospital in Bath.
A hospital spokesman said: “As a precaution, one adult male and one adult female are being kept in overnight.”
“The third person, an adult male, is being discharged.”
A makeshift facility at the school was set up to treat several “walking wounded” with less serious injuries.
A detailed examination of the scene has begun, and motorists have been told to avoid the Lansdown Lane area between the High Street and Deanhill Lane, which will remain closed.
Liberal Democrat MP Don Foster said the council had imposed a 20mph speed limit on parts of the road to improve safety.
“It is a road where we have put speed limits in and flashing lights because it is quite a steep hill coming down,” he said.
“There have been attempts by the council over the years to improve safety on the road.”
Anyone with information who has not already spoken to police is asked to contact Avon and Somerset Police’s collision investigation unit on 101.
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Police Probe Deadly Truck Crash Near School
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