UK tipper truck victim was only 4

The four-year-old killed when an out-of-control tipper truck careered down a hill near a primary school has been named as Mitzi Rosanna Steady.

She died alongside three men from South Wales in the accident in Lansdown Lane, Weston, Bath, on Monday.

Avon and Somerset Police said Mitzi’s grandmother, who was walking with her, remains in a critical condition in hospital.

In a short statement, her family, from Bath, said: “Mitzi Rosanna Steady, aged four, loved and missed by us all.”

The truck, carrying sand and gravel, hit the walkers before overturning onto a Volvo just after 4pm, leaving a scene described by one witness as “absolute carnage”.

The three men who died were a 59-year-old from Cwmbran, and men aged 52 and 34, from Swansea.

Chief Inspector Norman Pascal said: “This is a tragic incident in which three men and a young girl have lost their lives and we’re carrying out a full and meticulous investigation to find out what happened.

“The tipper truck has been recovered and will undergo a full examination and our investigators will be carrying out further inquiries at the scene today.”