THE newlywed daughter of victims of the Seend crash on Friday evening, which left four people seriously injured when a lorry crashed into their car as it did a U-turn, rushed from her honeymoon in Greece to be at her parents' bedside.

Three Canadians and a woman who lives in London received life-saving treatment at the side of the A361 Devizes to Trowbridge Road after it is believed the driver of the Vauxhall Insignia tried to turn around. The car was hit by a 44-ton Volvo lorry carrying heavy plant machinery.

The car, which had originally come from the Devizes direction and was being steered back towards the town, rolled three times after being shunted 35 yards along the road.

The lorry, owned by a Frome company, was travelling towards Trowbridge when the accident happened at around 9pm.

This week as driver Al Fozard, 64, his wife Janice Stensson-Fozard, her sister Gay Haddon and friend Pauline, from London, were still in Southmead Hospital, Bristol, Canadian friend Ed Leonard spoke of the shock the accident had caused in the Canadian town of Collingwood, Ontario.

He said: "Our friends involved are more like parts of our extended family.

"Janice’s daughter Sally was on her honeymoon in Greece when the accident happened and is now with her mother and father at the hospital. Gay’s two children, Brooke and Matthew, are also in Bristol, as is a niece, Anna Stensson. Bill Stensson, brother to the two ladies, and his wife plan to go to Bristol over the next few days.

"The driver was Al and his wife was sitting in the front passenger seat. As we understand it Gay was sitting directly behind Al on the driver’s side. Jan and Gay have often travelled together to England and the continent over the past 40 years.

"The fourth person, Pauline, is not known to me, but was a friend who lives in London and was travelling with them in Scotland. I expect they were returning to London to continue separate travels elsewhere."

Police said that all four people from the car, who are in their 60s, were still in Southmead Hospital. Mr Fozard and one of the passengers are in a critical but stable condition. The lorry driver suffered shock but was unhurt.

Emergency doctor Ed Valentine, who works for the charity Swift Medics, received a call at home in Corsham soon after the accident and he used the blue lights on his car to arrive at the scene in 12 minutes.

When he arrived firefighters and fast response ambulance cars were already in attendance. Two of the passengers were on the side of the road while the driver and the front seat passenger were still inside.

Firefighters had to work carefully to secure the car, which was on its side, before they could cut Mr Fozard and the female passenger free. Dr Valentine said: "Bad weather meant the air ambulance could not fly but the air ambulance doctor had arrived by car and was carrying blood."

Dr Valentine said the driver, who was suffering from multiple chest, pelvic and internal injuries, was given a blood transfusion and a general anaesthetic at the scene as soon as he was released from the car.

He said: "It was an excellent example of all the emergency services working as a team to try and get the best possible outcome."

Firefighters from Trowbridge, Melksham and Devizes were called.

Guy Tadman, watch manager at Trowbridge Fire Station said: “When we arrived, the car was on the driver's side down and one of the passengers had crawled out while another had been ejected from the vehicle with the two left inside the car.

“The accident was very complex and the driver was severely trapped. It was a complex extraction because of the position of the vehicle on its side, which meant we had to get access to the casualties from the roof and that involved all three crews from Trowbridge, Melksham and Devizes working together and taking an active role.

“Initially paramedics were dealing with the passenger ejected from the vehicle and that meant the fire service took a role looking after the people in the car and going about trying to extract them.

“The crews are very good at what they do and I was very proud of how they worked together because it was a difficult job."

Tony Murch, chairman of Seend Parish Council, said it was waiting to hear if speed played any part in the accident on a stretch of road which has a 50mph limit.