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Tributes have been paid to a Bedfordshire family killed in a crash on the A34 near Newbury in Berkshire. 

Tomasz Kroker was driving the lorry that killed Dunstable mother Tracy Houghton, her sons Joshua and Ethan and her partner's daughter Aimee in August. He has been jailed for 10 years. 

Reading Crown Court heard he was distracted by his mobile phone. This video of tributes from the victims' families was played to the court.

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Nikki Jenkins
BBC Local Live

The families of the mother and three children killed by a lorry driver using a mobile phone say they are sickened by the numbers of people they still see distracted by phones while at the wheel.

They've released photos and home videos in an effort to change public attitudes.

Tomasz Kroker, who's been jailed for 10 years, wept as the details emerged in court. 

Just an hour before the crash he'd signed a declaration form promising he would not use a mobile at the wheel. 

He originally claimed his brakes failed, before the dashcam showed he'd spent 45 seconds looking at his phone. So distracted was he, he barely looked at the road for a kilometre.

Image source, Thames Valley Police

Kroker's vehicle ploughed into a Mazda driven by Adam Pearson. His car was thrown onto its roof on the embankment, leaving him trapped upside down in the driver's seat critically injured.

The lorry smashed through a Citroen, injuring the two occupants, before plunging into a Vauxhall Zafira driven by Aimee's father, Mark Goldsmith, and his 13-year-old son Jake. The trailer they were towing, carrying bikes from a family holiday, was demolished. 

Their car was shunted into a Vauxhall Corsa in front, carrying Mr Goldsmith's partner Ms Houghton and her two sons Ethan and Josh and his daughter Aimee.

Image source, Thames Valley Police

The Corsa was forced under the rear of the lorry, reduced to something like a third of its natural size.  

Nikki Jenkins
BBC Local Live

Joshua Houghton, 11, was due to join his big brother Ethan at All Saints Academy in Dunstable. The family were on their way back from a summer holiday in Devon when they were killed by lorry driver, Tomasz Kroker, who had been distracted by his mobile phone.

The school is planning a memorial garden for the boys.

Image source, Family handout

Nikki Jenkins
BBC Local Live

Dashcam footage shows lorry driver Tomasz Kroker just before he ploughed into stationary traffic, killing a mother and three children.

The court saw the full sequence, including the moment of impact. The video has been released with the family's consent. They are calling for people to make a personal commitment to stop using mobile phones while driving.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Judge Maura McGowan, who sentenced lorry driver Tomasz Kroker to 10 years in jail for killing a mother and three children on the A34 while he fiddled with his mobile phone, has described the case as the "most horrific" she had ever seen.

Kroker ploughed into a queue of four cars and two lorries which were stuck behind a slow-moving articulated lorry, Reading Crown Court heard.

While he was scrolling through music selections on his phone, Kroker's vehicle first ploughed into a Mazda driven by Adam Pearson, who had seen the lorry behind him and tried to drive to the side of the road.

His car was thrown onto its roof on the embankment, leaving him trapped upside down critically injured. He suffered a torn aorta artery, collapsed lung, lacerated liver and broken back.

Kroker's lorry then smashed through a Citroen, injuring the two occupants, before plunging into a Vauxhall Zafira driven by Tracy Houghton's partner Mark Goldsmith, who was with his 13-year-old son Jake.

Their car was shunted into Ms Houghton's Vauxhall Corsa in front.

Prosecutor Charles Ward-Jackson said: "The Corsa was forced under the rear of the lorry, pushing the back of the lorry into the air, and crushing the roof of the Corsa, so that it is little exaggeration to say that this small car, containing four people, was, in an instant, reduced to something like a third of its natural size.

"It is a particularly distressing feature that the two surviving members of the family were in the car behind, and a 13-year-old boy was forced to witness at close range the deaths of four members of close family."

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

The lorry driver jailed for killing four people from Dunstable on the A34 in Berkshire while using his mobile phone "initially claimed his brakes had failed", the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

Tomasz Kroker smashed into a stationary queue of two lorries and four smaller vehicles, which were stuck behind a slow-moving articulated lorry. The vehicles included Tracy Houghton's car, which had her sons, Ethan, 13, and Joshua, 11, inside, and her partner's daughter, Aimee Goldsmith, 11.

Ms Houghton's partner Mark Goldsmith and his son Jake were travelling in a car behind, but were not killed.

District crown prosecutor Gavin Hernandez, said: "[Kroker] answered 'no comment' to two police interviews, but, when confronted with the dashcam footage, he admitted he had been playing with his mobile phone.

"This was not just a tragic accident, but a death caused by Kroker's inattention and distraction."

Mr Hernandez said the slow-moving vehicles were clearly visible to Kroker for a considerable time, and the three lorries were stationary for 16 seconds prior to the collision.

Dashcam footage shows the flashing hazard lights ahead on one of the vehicles and Kroker looking down at the mobile phone he is holding in his left hand.

"Only 0.75 seconds before impact does he look up with sudden horror on his face, but it was too late for him to take any avoiding action," Mr Hernandez said.

"Mobile phones must not be used by drivers under any circumstances, as they are a lethal distraction, which, as this case demonstrates, leads to untold misery."

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

A Thames Valley Police officer has called the deaths of a mother and three children caused by lorry driver Tomasz Kroker "a truly devastating case".

Kroker smashed into Tracy Houghton's car, which had her sons, Ethan, 13, and Joshua, 11, inside, and her partner's daughter, Aimee Goldsmith, 11.  

Det Sgt Gavin Collier, from the Serious Injury Collision Unit, said: "The most tragic element of this incident is that it was avoidable.

"Tomasz Kroker was looking at his mobile phone while driving. This needless and avoidable act has resulted in the most devastating and horrific circumstances.

"No sentence will bring back Tracy, Aimee, Josh and Ethan, but their families have asked that we reinforce how dangerous it is to use a mobile phone while driving."

Nikki Jenkins
BBC Local Live

Tomasz Kroker, 30, from Andover, was changing the music on his mobile phone when he drove into a stationary queue of traffic at 50mph, Reading Crown Court heard.

In response, the mother of 13-year-old Aimee Goldsmith said his lorry was like a "weapon".

Nikki Jenkins
BBC Local Live

The mother of 11-year-old Aimee Goldsmith says she wants everyone to learn from today's sentence.

She said her family isn't the only one to have suffered from a crime that happens "on our roads every single day".

Nikki Jenkins
BBC Local Live

The mother of 11-year-old Aimee Goldsmith, who was killed along with her stepmother and stepbrothers by a lorry driver using his mobile phone, says the 10-year sentence does not send out a strong enough message.

The family were on their way back to Dunstable from a camping holiday. Their car was shunted underneath the back of a lorry and crushed to a third of its size, immediately killing them all.

Kroker, from Trajan Walk, Andover, Hampshire, admitted four counts of causing death by dangerous driving and one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving at Reading Crown Court.

Nikki Jenkins
BBC Local Live

The lorry driver jailed for killing a Dunstable mother and three children while using his phone behind the wheel pleaded guilty to four counts of causing death by dangerous driving on 10 October.

Reading Crown Court heard Tomasz Kroker, 30, of Trajan Walk, Andover, Hampshire, collided with the victims' car on the A34 in Newbury, Berkshire, on 10 August.

He was scrolling through music selections before the crash.

The car in which Tracy Houghton and the three children were travelling in was pushed under a lorry, compressing it to a third of its normal size, Reading Crown Court was told.

Mrs Justice McGowan said Kroker "might as well have been travelling with his eyes closed".

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A lorry driver who hit and killed a mother and her three children while using his phone behind the wheel has been jailed for 10 years.

Image source, INS

Tomasz Kroker, 30, collided with the victims' car on the A34 in Newbury, Berkshire, on 10 August.

The 30-year-old, from Trajan Walk, Andover, Hampshire, pleaded guilty to four counts of causing death by dangerous driving on 10 October.

He was scrolling through music selections before the crash.

Nikki Jenkins
BBC Local Live

We've just heard lorry driver Tomasz Kroker has been jailed at Reading Crown Court for 10 years for killing a Dunstable woman and three children in a crash on the A34 in Berkshire.

More to follow...

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Police dog handler PC Dave Wardell, who was stabbed along with his dog Finn after pursuing a suspect in Stevenage earlier this month, has been documenting the experience in a blog.

Image source, BCH Police dogs

At the weekend in the Saving Finn blog he spoke about "trying to hold [the dog's] chest, external together" at Great Ashby vets before being transferred to Davies vets in Hitchin, where he had to say goodbye to his dog in order to get his own wounds treated, external.

PC Wardell wrote: "I had no idea whether I would see him alive again. My heart was broken. I cried into his fur and said, 'Daddy loves you. You can do this'."

Luckily, as we all now know, Finn is recovering well.

It's a fascinating read, but best have a box of tissues handy.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Great British Bake Off winner Candice Brown has tweeted, external she's had a "crazy few days".

Presumably this includes drawing in the crowds at Centre:MK on Saturday, when the Bedfordshire baker did a book signing at WH Smiths.

Image source, South Beds News Agency

Image source, South Beds News Agency

Image source, South Beds News Agency

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

One man who'll be happy this morning that long jumper Greg Rutherford made it through to the next week of Strictly Come Dancing is the legendary - yes, I'm going to say that because he is - choreographer and director, Sir Matthew Bourne.

In a series of tweets on Saturday night he encouraged people to vote for Rutherford and his partner Natalie Lowe, saying the athlete had "fallen in love with dancing" and was a "hero" on the dancefloor.

After the results he responded to comments that the dance hadn't been a Rumba, saying it was the "only dance that made him feel anything".

I love the fact Sir Matthew is watching Strictly on a Saturday night, like the rest of us mere mortals!

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

I think Milton Keynes' Greg Rutherford thought he was going to be in the Strictly Come Dancing dance-off last night, judging by how he looks in this clip from the results show...

Rutherford widely made it known the Rumba was his favourite dance, but the judges said there wasn't enough Rumba content in it.

On Saturday night he tweeted, external he "couldn't even describe his level of disappointment" and never thought he'd "feel this disheartened from dancing on a show".

But last night after the results show he called the audience, external a "wonderful lot" for voting to keep him in.