Run away lorry and why im getting dismissed

[Kapitan]

Well today i finaly find out that im up for dismissal heres the facts.

While going up a steep hill we parked the dust cart / trash truck in the road as per normal, now the weather was very bad snow and ice every where.
the driver put the hand brake on but not long after we left the truck it started slidding down the hill. (uhoh not good and dead right it isnt)

So now we have a 26 tonne run away truck that we are chasing after like a couple of lemons, going down hill getting faster and faster (you might as well had put ski's on it) but eventualy it hit a ford fiesta and mangled it up (not surprising) it then went on to hit a much larger car a ford mondeo and again smashed it up pretty good.

Finaly it hit a S type Jaguar again doing alot of damage, before it went up a small ramp through a wooden fence and sliding up a small garden hitting the washing line, (which we later found wrapped around the back axle).

What we didnt see was the fact that the bin lift had smashed a window on a double glazed door (oh dear indeed), so far all 3 cars are confirmed write off's all the electrics and sensors for the bin lift the hydraulics and the bin lift itself is mangled and will cost to repair.

Estimated damage cost £120,000

Damage to the truck:

One new bin lift with automated sensors presure pads and rams £50,000
To have the hopper re aligned and if possible panel beated out £11,200 failure of that a whole new hopper at £13,600
new back axle £4,300
Fine for being 2.420 tonnes over wieght £950

(the truck is licenced to take upto 26 tonnes on the wiegh bridge it was 28.420 tonnes a whole 2.42 tonnes over wieght!)

Now the argument we have is the road itself should have been gritted, brakes should have been checked on the service it had 8 months before hand, and the fact there was no one in the lorry while it was in motion.

There side is: we caused the damage through what can be seen as negligence, and negligent acts that could harm members of the public, the fact we dissmissed our right to refuse to clear a road because of possible dangers and unforseen hazards, the fact the viachle was over wieght at the time of the incident, and that some one must stay with the viachle to at least control the viachle if something like this occurs.

All 3 of us have been suspended without pay and its looking likely that we are loosing our jobs over this, we just have to wait and see what the unions say.