Did someone died on the Smiler at Alton Towers?

What happened? Two teenagers – Vicky Balch, then 19, and Leah Washington, then 17 – each lost a leg in the collision in June.

What accidents have happened at Alton Towers?

Alton Towers was fined £5m in 2016 after sixteen people were injured in the Smiler crash the year before. Vicky Balch, then 19, and Leah Washington, then 17, each lost a leg in the crash. The theme park made a number of safety changes to the ride afterwards.

How much compensation did Smiler victims get?

Alton Towers crash survivor Vicky Balch today reveals she has received a multi-million pound payout for her horrific injuries – after a wretched four years.

What happened to the victims of the Smiler crash?

A survivor of a horror crash at Alton Towers which resulted in her leg being amputated has returned to the resort for a girl’s weekend. Leah Washington, from Barnsley, was left with severe injuries after the crash in June 2015, involving the Smiler ride.

How much money did Alton Towers crash victims get?

A woman who lost her leg in an Alton Towers rollercoaster crash in 2015 has received a multi-million pound payout for the incident. Vicky Balch says she has endured a wretched four years after the car she was riding in struck an empty carriage stranded on the track of The Smiler ride.

How did the girl lose her leg on The Smiler?

A woman whose leg was amputated after a horrific accident at Alton Towers has given birth to a baby boy. Vicky Balch feared she would never have a baby after losing her leg on the theme park’s Smiler ride in 2015. The family then spent three nights in neonatal before finally going home.

Did the smiler crash victims get compensation?

Did The Smiler crash victims get compensation?

Who was fined for Smiler crash at Alton Towers?

Alton Towers operator Merlin has been fined £5m for the crash on the Smiler rollercoaster. Sixteen people were injured in the June 2015 crash, including two teenage girls who needed leg amputations.

When did Smiler ride at Alton Towers re-open?

The Smiler rollercoaster re-opened in March, nine months after the crash. Vicky criticised the decision and said she believed Merlin Attractions had “put money before people”. She said at the time: “If it was a worse day, we could’ve died, worse-case scenario. But at the end of the day it feels like the money comes before the people on the ride.

Which is the worst accident in Alton Towers history?

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 failure”. The court heard how there was a “obvious shambles” of systems at Alton Towers.

What was the cause of the Smiler ride crash?

The crash on the Smiler rollercoaster at Alton Towers that seriously injured five people was caused by human error, the theme park’s owner has said. Merlin Entertainments said the ride would reopen next year after being closed since the crash in June. Sixteen people were…