A dad who had hoped to have a go on a Alton Towers ride with his daughter instead witnessed it get stuck trapping riders 100ft in the air in a spectacle he says must have been 'terrifying'. Alan Orr ...

Thrill-seekers at Alton Towers were left stranded on The Smiler rollercoaster for an hour some 15 months after a crash on the ride seriously injured five people. Pictures showed a carriage stuck on ...

Last month videos were uploaded of the ride appearing to be tested, but bosses have said that this was part of the ongoing investigation after the crash which left four people seriously injured Get ...

Four teenagers have been seriously injured after two carriages on The Smiler rollercoaster at Alton Towers collided. Sixteen people were riding in one carriage on the attraction when the crash ...

The operator of U.K. theme park Alton Towers has admitted breaching health and safety laws over a rollercoaster crash that left two passengers needing leg amputation. Three other passengers were left ...

THE Smiler rollercoaster is set to reopen at Alton Towers today - nine months after an accident which left five people with serious or life-changing injuries. The theme park, which is owned by ...

More than 30 thrill-seekers were left stuck on a rollercoaster at Alton Towers, just over a year after it crashed and seriously injured five people. Theme park visitors were left sitting on the £18 ...

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