and the three men who died, mr parker, mr allen, and mr bourne, were all travelling in the same car. bristol crown court had heard that —— had heard the laurie'shad failed and it had clocked up almost 450,000 miles at the time of the crash. the owner of the haulage company, matthew gordon, who has been found guilty of four counts of manslaughter, was driving one lorry through a western village when he stopped, and then a second lorry driven by 20—year—old philip potter attempted to break to avoid a collision, but the brakes on that lobbied then failed. it hit several pedestrians, including four—year—old mitzi and her grandmother, margaret rogers, and then hit the car containing the three other victims who died. the prosecuting qc said mr potter's laurie continued to career down the lane in western village out of control, and these are pictures from the time of the crash. because on the 9th of february last year. by the time the lorry came to a stop, four people had suffered fatal injuries, the four—year—old girl who had been crossing the road with her grandmother and three men who had been travelling together in the same car. this is a picture