A young girl was among four people killed yesterday when a truck ran out of control near a school. Pupils were returning home from lessons when the driver of the gravel lorry careered round a corner and crashed into vehicles and pedestrians. The dead girl is thought to have been walking with her mother and grandmother. The other victims were inside a car. At least four more people were injured in the carnage and taken to hospital, one of them by air ambulance. Floral tributes were left at the scene this morning as police continued their investigations in what caused the accident. Scroll down for video . The lorry ended up on its side after striking several cars and a number of pedestrians as it travelled down Lansdown Lane just after 4pm yesterday . A young girl was among four people killed yesterday when a truck ran out of control near a school in Bath . Pupils were returning home from lessons when the driver of the gravel lorry careered round a corner and crashed into vehicles and pedestrians . Witnesses said the truck driver appeared to be having brake trouble when he lost control on a steep hill on the northern outskirts of Bath at around 4pm. Emergency services based themselves at nearby Weston All Saints Primary School, which will be closed today, leading to fears the girl might have been a pupil there. The truck hit a number of vehicles and at least two pedestrians as it careered down Lansdown Lane in the Upper Weston area of the Somerset city. A 66-year-old woman who lives opposite the scene of the crash said: ‘My whole house shook with a terrific noise like a bomb going off. I rushed outside and it was just mayhem. ‘The lorry was on its side on top of a black car, and I was told three people in the black car had died. ‘The gravel from the lorry was all over the road and the fire brigade arrived and cut the bodies free from the wreckage. ‘The lorry had hit lots of other cars on its way down the hill, and I was told there was a grandmother, mother and daughter walking along the pavement and that the little girl had been killed when the lorry mounted the pavement.’ This morning, floral tributes were laid at the scene near where four people lost their lives yesterday afternoon . Sand which was spilled in the road when the truck crashed remained next to the smashed wall this morning . The woman added that there were injured people wherever she looked, adding: ‘The lorry seemed to have had brake failure and it came to rest on the corner. ‘It demolished the walls of all the houses on the corner and two workmen said the driver shot through the windscreen. ‘It was an accident waiting to happen. I have complained to the police before about these heavy lorries going up and down the lane. ‘It is too steep and too narrow for such big, heavy vehicles and there is supposed to be a 6ft width restriction on the lane but they just ignore it.’ Another resident said the road was unsuitable for lorries. He added: ‘It’s supposed to be no vehicles over 6ft wide but the lorries have been using it as a shortcut for years and no one has ever done anything about it. Maybe they will now, but that’s not going to help those poor people who have died.’ The wreckage of the tipper truck is taken away from the scene on the back of a trailer late last night . Wreckage of the cars destroyed as the lorry careered down the hill were removed from the scene last night . Police remain at Lansdown Lane this morning and are continuing to investigate what caused the accident . Another local said the truck driver was sounding the horn frantically and even overtook another lorry: ‘It was clear he could not stop.’ Last night none of the victims had been named by Avon and Somerset Police. Chief Superintendent Caroline Peters said: ‘We are dealing with a very tragic collision here that has had four people lose their lives. We believe a tipper has been coming downhill, it has lost control and made attempts to avert an accident. ‘However, it has made contact with two pedestrians and a number of other vehicles. ‘What is important to us now is to ascertain the actual cause of this collision and to get as much information as we possibly can. ‘We have got collision investigators working and will be working throughout the night.’ Chris Lucas saw two air ambulance helicopters landing on a playing field shortly after the crash. After the lorry and other vehicles were removed last night, workers started to clear up the debris this morning . Wreckage remained at the scene this morning. Those who arrived at the scene first described it as 'mayhem' A service is being held at the local church this morning and those who witnessed the accident are being offered counselling. Pictured: Electricity workers at the scene this morning . Mr Lucas said: ‘My children were coming home and as I opened the front door my neighbour said, “Oh my God there has been a crash”. We didn’t know at that point how bad it was. ‘One thing that is really is concerning is that road is on the school pick-up run. Weston All Saints Primary School is right next to it. ‘It is a very tight community here and one of my children goes to that school. My thoughts go out to everyone involved.’ A spokesman for Bath and North East Somerset Council confirmed that the school would be closed today at the request of police. ‘Due to the tragic accident on Lansdown Lane this evening, the police have asked that Weston All Saints Primary be closed tomorrow,’ he said last night. A spokesman for the Royal United Hospital in Bath said the three patients treated there had minor injuries. ‘As a precaution, one adult male and one adult female are being kept in overnight,’ he said. ‘The third person, an adult male, is being discharged.’ The dead girl is thought to have been walking with her mother and grandmother. There are fears she was a pupil at a nearby school which will be closed in the morning . Pictures this evening show the scene of the crash is still cordoned off as police investigate what happened . A spokesman for South Western Ambulance Service Trust confirmed a woman was flown to Southmead Hospital in Bristol. The woman remains in the critical condition this morning, the trust in charge of Southmead hospital confirmed. Don Foster, the Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, said: ‘The community is in shock, both for the families of those killed and also those who have been injured. ‘We are still waiting to get more details as to what the cause was. It is obviously devastating, tragic and awful, but until we know more we cannot speculate.’ He confirmed that the council had imposed 20mph speed restrictions on parts of Landsdown Lane road to improve safety. He said: ‘It is a road where we have put speed limits in and flashing lights because it is quite a steep hill coming down. There have been attempts by the council over the years to improve safety.’ A service of prayers will be held at All Saints Church, Weston at 10am this morning. Weston All Saints Primary School was closed today after it was used by police at the scene yesterday . Air ambulance crews land at a school near the crash site shortly after the incident yesterday afternoon . The crash is a chilling echo of the tragic accident in which a bin lorry ran out of control and killed six people in Glasgow in December. Crowds of Christmas shoppers looked on in horror as the lorry mounted a pavement and knocked down shoppers at lunchtime in one of the city centre’s busiest streets. Erin McQuade, 18, along with her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and his 69-year-old wife Lorraine, all from Dumbarton, died in the incident on December 22. Miss McQuade’s mother Jacqueline, who had gone to withdraw money from a nearby cash machine, could only watch helplessly as her parents and daughter, a student at Glasgow University, were mown down. Primary school teacher Stephenie Tait, 29, and tax worker Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, were also killed. The driver of the lorry, who was later named as Harry Clarke, said that he had collapsed unconscious at the wheel before losing control of the truck. The 58-year-old, who is undergoing tests for a possible heart condition, stressed that he had no problems with his health before the crash. As an HGV driver, he had been subject to regular and thorough medical examinations, and there were no warning signs before he collapsed. He added that he thinks of the victims ‘every minute of every day’. ‘I understand a lot of people want to know what happened that day. I wish I could tell you but I can’t. I never had anything wrong with my heart until that day,’ he said. A source close to a police inquiry into the tragedy said that things happened so quickly that two workmates sitting behind Mr Clarke were left with no chance of taking the controls. The lorry crashed within seconds of his collapse.
Young girl and three adults killed as tipper truck careers down hill .
Gravel lorry crashed into vehicles and pedestrians near school in Bath .
Dead girl thought to have been walking with her mother and grandmother .
Some of the victims are believed to have been inside a car hit by the truck .
Several other people were injured in the crash just after 4pm yesterday .
One was taken to hospital by air ambulance and is in a critical condition .
Police said it appeared the lorry driver was 'trying to avert an accident'
Witnesses say driver beeped horn frantically with truck out of control .
A young girl was among four people killed yesterday when a truck ran out of control near a school. Pupils were returning home from lessons when the driver of the gravel lorry careered round a corner and crashed into vehicles and pedestrians. The dead girl is thought to have been walking with her mother and grandmother. The other victims were inside a car. At least four more people were injured in the carnage and taken to hospital, one of them by air ambulance. Floral tributes were left at the scene this morning as police continued their investigations in what caused the accident. Scroll down for video . The lorry ended up on its side after striking several cars and a number of pedestrians as it travelled down Lansdown Lane just after 4pm yesterday . A young girl was among four people killed yesterday when a truck ran out of control near a school in Bath . Pupils were returning home from lessons when the driver of the gravel lorry careered round a corner and crashed into vehicles and pedestrians . Witnesses said the truck driver appeared to be having brake trouble when he lost control on a steep hill on the northern outskirts of Bath at around 4pm. Emergency services based themselves at nearby Weston All Saints Primary School, which will be closed today, leading to fears the girl might have been a pupil there. The truck hit a number of vehicles and at least two pedestrians as it careered down Lansdown Lane in the Upper Weston area of the Somerset city. A 66-year-old woman who lives opposite the scene of the crash said: ‘My whole house shook with a terrific noise like a bomb going off. I rushed outside and it was just mayhem. ‘The lorry was on its side on top of a black car, and I was told three people in the black car had died. ‘The gravel from the lorry was all over the road and the fire brigade arrived and cut the bodies free from the wreckage. ‘The lorry had hit lots of other cars on its way down the hill, and I was told there was a grandmother, mother and daughter walking along the pavement and that the little girl had been killed when the lorry mounted the pavement.’ This morning, floral tributes were laid at the scene near where four people lost their lives yesterday afternoon . Sand which was spilled in the road when the truck crashed remained next to the smashed wall this morning . The woman added that there were injured people wherever she looked, adding: ‘The lorry seemed to have had brake failure and it came to rest on the corner. ‘It demolished the walls of all the houses on the corner and two workmen said the driver shot through the windscreen. ‘It was an accident waiting to happen. I have complained to the police before about these heavy lorries going up and down the lane. ‘It is too steep and too narrow for such big, heavy vehicles and there is supposed to be a 6ft width restriction on the lane but they just ignore it.’ Another resident said the road was unsuitable for lorries. He added: ‘It’s supposed to be no vehicles over 6ft wide but the lorries have been using it as a shortcut for years and no one has ever done anything about it. Maybe they will now, but that’s not going to help those poor people who have died.’ The wreckage of the tipper truck is taken away from the scene on the back of a trailer late last night . Wreckage of the cars destroyed as the lorry careered down the hill were removed from the scene last night . Police remain at Lansdown Lane this morning and are continuing to investigate what caused the accident . Another local said the truck driver was sounding the horn frantically and even overtook another lorry: ‘It was clear he could not stop.’ Last night none of the victims had been named by Avon and Somerset Police. Chief Superintendent Caroline Peters said: ‘We are dealing with a very tragic collision here that has had four people lose their lives. We believe a tipper has been coming downhill, it has lost control and made attempts to avert an accident. ‘However, it has made contact with two pedestrians and a number of other vehicles. ‘What is important to us now is to ascertain the actual cause of this collision and to get as much information as we possibly can. ‘We have got collision investigators working and will be working throughout the night.’ Chris Lucas saw two air ambulance helicopters landing on a playing field shortly after the crash. After the lorry and other vehicles were removed last night, workers started to clear up the debris this morning . Wreckage remained at the scene this morning. Those who arrived at the scene first described it as 'mayhem' A service is being held at the local church this morning and those who witnessed the accident are being offered counselling. Pictured: Electricity workers at the scene this morning . Mr Lucas said: ‘My children were coming home and as I opened the front door my neighbour said, “Oh my God there has been a crash”. We didn’t know at that point how bad it was. ‘One thing that is really is concerning is that road is on the school pick-up run. Weston All Saints Primary School is right next to it. ‘It is a very tight community here and one of my children goes to that school. My thoughts go out to everyone involved.’ A spokesman for Bath and North East Somerset Council confirmed that the school would be closed today at the request of police. ‘Due to the tragic accident on Lansdown Lane this evening, the police have asked that Weston All Saints Primary be closed tomorrow,’ he said last night. A spokesman for the Royal United Hospital in Bath said the three patients treated there had minor injuries. ‘As a precaution, one adult male and one adult female are being kept in overnight,’ he said. ‘The third person, an adult male, is being discharged.’ The dead girl is thought to have been walking with her mother and grandmother. There are fears she was a pupil at a nearby school which will be closed in the morning . Pictures this evening show the scene of the crash is still cordoned off as police investigate what happened . A spokesman for South Western Ambulance Service Trust confirmed a woman was flown to Southmead Hospital in Bristol. The woman remains in the critical condition this morning, the trust in charge of Southmead hospital confirmed. Don Foster, the Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, said: ‘The community is in shock, both for the families of those killed and also those who have been injured. ‘We are still waiting to get more details as to what the cause was. It is obviously devastating, tragic and awful, but until we know more we cannot speculate.’ He confirmed that the council had imposed 20mph speed restrictions on parts of Landsdown Lane road to improve safety. He said: ‘It is a road where we have put speed limits in and flashing lights because it is quite a steep hill coming down. There have been attempts by the council over the years to improve safety.’ A service of prayers will be held at All Saints Church, Weston at 10am this morning. Weston All Saints Primary School was closed today after it was used by police at the scene yesterday . Air ambulance crews land at a school near the crash site shortly after the incident yesterday afternoon . The crash is a chilling echo of the tragic accident in which a bin lorry ran out of control and killed six people in Glasgow in December. Crowds of Christmas shoppers looked on in horror as the lorry mounted a pavement and knocked down shoppers at lunchtime in one of the city centre’s busiest streets. Erin McQuade, 18, along with her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and his 69-year-old wife Lorraine, all from Dumbarton, died in the incident on December 22. Miss McQuade’s mother Jacqueline, who had gone to withdraw money from a nearby cash machine, could only watch helplessly as her parents and daughter, a student at Glasgow University, were mown down. Primary school teacher Stephenie Tait, 29, and tax worker Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh, were also killed. The driver of the lorry, who was later named as Harry Clarke, said that he had collapsed unconscious at the wheel before losing control of the truck. The 58-year-old, who is undergoing tests for a possible heart condition, stressed that he had no problems with his health before the crash. As an HGV driver, he had been subject to regular and thorough medical examinations, and there were no warning signs before he collapsed. He added that he thinks of the victims ‘every minute of every day’. ‘I understand a lot of people want to know what happened that day. I wish I could tell you but I can’t. I never had anything wrong with my heart until that day,’ he said. A source close to a police inquiry into the tragedy said that things happened so quickly that two workmates sitting behind Mr Clarke were left with no chance of taking the controls. The lorry crashed within seconds of his collapse.
round a corner and crashed into vehicles and been walking with her mother and grandmother. The other victims were inside a car. At least four more people were injured in the carnage and taken to hospital, one of them by air ambulance. Floral down Lansdown Lane just after 4pm yesterday . A when a truck ran out of control near a school in pedestrians . Witnesses said the truck driver have died.’ The wreckage of the tipper truck is destroyed as the lorry careered down the hill was sounding the horn frantically and even control and made attempts to avert an accident. Hospital in Bath said the three patients treated thought to have been walking with her mother and remains in the critical condition this morning,