A Tragic video of
a truck driver who killed a mum and three of her kids while using his phone as
he drove has been released online, her family have worked with police to
produce this heartbreaking video - including horrifying footage from inside his
cab at the moment of impact.
Tomasz Kroker has
been jailed today for 10 years for causing the deaths of Tracy Houghton, her
two sons Josh and Ethan, and her stepdaughter Aimee Goldsmith.
It all happened on
the A34 in Berkshire and the video has sparked an extraordinary reaction on our
Facebook page:
The remarkable video
- sure to move anyone who watches it - features the parents of the three kids
and emotional footage of them before the accident. That gives way to footage
from inside Kroker's cab, showing him flicking through his phone as he selected
music while driving on the motorway.
The clip has been
released by Thames Valley Police in a bid to alert drivers to the danger posed
by using mobile phones while driving.
The family's car was
shunted underneath the back of a heavy goods vehicle and crushed to a third of
its size. They were making their way home from a camping holiday in Devon and
were killed instantly.
Kroker, from Andover
in Hampshire, had pleaded guilty to four counts of causing death by dangerous
driving and one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving at Reading
Crown Court on 10 October.
The court heard the
30-year-old was so distracted by his phone he barely looked at the road for
almost a kilometre.
Sentencing Kroker,
Judge Maura McGowan told him his attention to the road was so poor, he
"might as well have had his eyes closed".
Watch V!deo, Cl!ck below !mage
Watch V!deo, Cl!ck below !mage
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