4 People Seriously Injured In Roller Coaster Crash!!!

BREAKING: We just got word that 4 People Seriously Injured In Roller Coaster Crash on the Smiler Ride at Alton Towers Amusement Park.

CelebNMusic247.com has this report via BBC.com:

Sixteen people were in one carriage of the Smiler ride; the other was empty.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said two men, aged 18 and 27, and two women, aged 19 and 17, suffered “significant lower limb injuries”. They were airlifted to trauma centres in Stoke and Coventry for treatment.

Alton Towers said all guests involved were evacuated by 18:35 BST.

A director described it as “the most serious incident” in the park’s history.

The passengers were trapped for several hours on the ride, about 25 feet (7.6m) above the ground.
Eyewitnesses reported hearing “a loud crash” when the crash happened at 14:09.

Ben Richardson said: “When the second carriage crashed people were screaming and shouting – even after it stopped. Everyone around the park ran over.

“The people looked significantly distressed. It was almost like a car crash, very full-on.”

Alton Towers said first responders based at the park were on the scene “within minutes”, quickly followed by the emergency services.

Hospital trauma team consultants were also brought in to help treat passengers.

Alton Towers has said the park will be closed on Wednesday “following the dreadful incident on The Smiler”.

In a statement the theme park said: “All guests with pre-booked tickets, or those who arrive at the theme park, will have the choice of either having their tickets revalidated for an alternative date or a full refund.”

Sophie Underwood, who was in the park at the time of the crash, said: “It wasn’t very high but it was obviously high enough for them to cause some quite serious injuries to the people that were on the rollercoaster.

“They literally had come back off and round the back of a loop, and straight into another empty coach that had been stuck.”

The Smiler opened in May 2013 and is billed as the world’s first 14-loop rollercoaster.

It holds the official Guinness World Record for most loops in a rollercoaster, according to the Alton Towers website.
The resort claims it features “a series of twisted psychological effects including optical illusions, blinding lights and near misses designed to mess with your mind”.

There have been several accidents and incidents involving the £18m ride since it opened in May 2013.