Alton Towers was fined £5m after a rollercoaster crash that resulted in 16 injuries, including two teenage girls needing leg amputations. Initially, the ride operator was blamed but evidence showed the crash was caused by a ride malfunction. Victims were left suspended with injuries for several hours before emergency services arrived. While compensation will not replace lost limbs, the victims can have closure on the traumatic events.
Alton Towers was fined £5m after a rollercoaster crash that resulted in 16 injuries, including two teenage girls needing leg amputations. Initially, the ride operator was blamed but evidence showed the crash was caused by a ride malfunction. Victims were left suspended with injuries for several hours before emergency services arrived. While compensation will not replace lost limbs, the victims can have closure on the traumatic events.
Alton Towers was fined £5m after a rollercoaster crash that resulted in 16 injuries, including two teenage girls needing leg amputations. Initially, the ride operator was blamed but evidence showed the crash was caused by a ride malfunction. Victims were left suspended with injuries for several hours before emergency services arrived. While compensation will not replace lost limbs, the victims can have closure on the traumatic events.
Alton Towers was fined £5m after a rollercoaster crash that resulted in 16 injuries, including two teenage girls needing leg amputations. Initially, the ride operator was blamed but evidence showed the crash was caused by a ride malfunction. Victims were left suspended with injuries for several hours before emergency services arrived. While compensation will not replace lost limbs, the victims can have closure on the traumatic events.
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News Script
Alton Towers Crash
Rosie Good evening Im Rosie Blake and this is the news at six, tonight it has been officially announced that following the crash at Alton Towers Merlin have been fined 5m after the devastating rollercoaster incident resulted in sixteen people being injured including 2 teenage girls who needed leg amputations. Our source Millie Coaker is live at Alton Towers Millie tell us what you know
Millie Thank you Rosie. The 18m attraction
as a catastrophic failure which caused life injuries to the people who were on board that the conductor of the ride had originally been at fault of the crash however recent evidence caused by the ride malfunctioning.
which was quoted
changing day. At first accused of being suggests it was
Rosie Now this must have been a very traumatising event for the people who were on board, how long were the passengers left waiting for emergency services to come to their aid?
Millie For several hours people were left suspended with
indescribable injuries one girl actually fainted after colliding with the carriage ahead.
Rosie Are the injured people happy after being compensated
for the actions of Alton Towers?
Millie - As one of the victims solicitor Paul Paxton stated
money alone will never replace limbs however now they can have some closure of the events that happened that day.
Rosie thank you again Millie for informing us on the updates
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