4 Seriously Injured in Alton Towers (UK) Rollercoaster Crash
 

Alton Towers: four seriously hurt in Smiler rollercoaster crash | Travel | The Guardian


Four teenagers have been seriously injured in a collision between two carriages on a high-speed rollercoaster at Alton Towers amusement park.

The crash occurred on the two-year-old Smiler attraction on Tuesday afternoon, West Midlands ambulance service said. The accident involved two carriages ? one containing 16 guests and the other empty ? which came together on a low section of the track.

Witnesses described hearing a sound ?like a car crash? and passengers screaming for help as they were suspended in the air.

Danny Simm, a radio presenter on 96.5 Bolton FM who appears to have been at the amusement park, tweeted: ?People unconscious, knocked out. Blood everywhere. It really was shocking. Air ambulances landing now, people still stuck.?

i cant a4d 2 go 2 Alton Towers... :(

how on earth could they design a ride which 2 cars can colide! wtf

That roller coaster must be retarded.

There were some problems with the ride so they stopped it. They decided to send 4 empty cars around the track for testing. The first 3 returned as schedled, but in the panic to get the ride operating they sent a full car out. The realised there was still an empty car that had not returned and someone called it back.

Because the empty car is not normally on the part of track where the crash was, at the same time as a normal full car, they collided.

Heads will roll, it was clearly Alton Towers fault.

Alton Towers Crash Victim Has Leg Amputated

Alton Towers Crash Victim Has Leg Amputated

Horrific! Simply horrific... :(