Pucklechurch is a village outside Bristol:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Pucklechurch,+South+Gloucestershire/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pucklechurch
Two men have been arrested:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/17/two-men-held-over-fatal-tipper-truck-crash-in-bath
https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/newsroom/investigation-launched-into-fatal-collision-in-bath/two-arrested-following-lansdown-lane-fatal-collision/
The driver of the tipper truck had only had an LGV licence for a matter of "months" according to the BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-31454693
He'd passed another test for a heavier class of vehicle less than a week before the accident, days after his 19th birthday...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-31339654
The tipper truck, containing aggregate, lost control when going down the hill in cold weather, struck a group of pedestrians before crushing a car.
Three victims named as Mitzi Rosanna Steady, 4, Stephen Vaughan 34 and Phil Allen, 52...
I'm torn on the matter. On a practical (and environmental) level, having everyone chip in a small amount for a present the child wants has it's merits over receiving 30 pieces of tat that are likely to sit on the shelf. On the other hand, I do baulk slightly at what this teaches the children...
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