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It was all smiles when The Smiler opened at Alton Towers, in 2013. Technicians Charlotte Tomkiss, Georgia Wright and Simon Cross were the first people to sample the £18 million ride during a ...
Four people have been seriously hurt in a crash between two carriages on a rollercoaster ride at Alton Towers. Sixteen people were in one carriage of the Smiler ride; the other was empty. West ...
It was the worst accident in the history of the popular Staffordshire theme park. Before fining Alton Towers' operator £5million for the Smiler crash, a judge described it as a "catastrophic ...
Alton Towers' £18m Smiler rollercoaster, which boasts a world record 14 loops, has been closed on two occasions because of safety concerns since opening two years ago.
She suffered broken ribs and severe head injuries in the fall and the Surrey theme park later admitted a health and safety breach. The ill-fated Smiler ride at Alton Towers made the headlines in ...
The Alton Towers crash ON June 2, 2015 revellers were removed from the Smiler ride at Alton Towers after a warning light flashed up. Staff sent a test train around the track - and left it sitting ...
A couple who were left with serious injuries following a freak crash on a ride at Alton Towers got married this weekend. Leah Washington and Joe Pugh were both on the Smiler rider nine years ago ...
Alton Towers Smiler crash victims Leah Washington and Joe Pugh marry nine years later. The couple were teenagers on a first date when they sustained life-changing injuries on a rollercoaster ...
Four people have been seriously hurt in a crash between two carriages on a rollercoaster ride at Alton Towers. Sixteen people were in one carriage of the Smiler ride; the other was empty. West ...
It was all smiles when The Smiler opened at Alton Towers, in 2013. Technicians Charlotte Tomkiss, Georgia Wright and Simon Cross were the first people to sample the £18 million ride during a ...
It was all smiles when The Smiler opened at Alton Towers, in 2013. Technicians Charlotte Tomkiss, Georgia Wright and Simon Cross were the first people to sample the £18 million ride during a sneak ...