A theme park has been forced to shut down its new multi-million pound rollercoaster after reports a bolt was seen to fall from the ride. Alton Towers said visitors queuing for the Smiler ride claim ...

LONDON – One roller coaster car slammed into another Tuesday on one of Britain’s biggest amusement park rides, leaving four teenagers seriously injured and stranding passengers 25 feet in the air, ...

The worker operating The Smiler ride at Alton Towers which crashed seriously injuring four people has reportedly been sacked. Theme park operators Merlin this week said “human error” was to blame for ...

Footage of the Alton Towers Smiler crash which left two teenagers needing leg amputations has been released for the first time. It comes as Alton Towers operator Merlin appeared in court to be ...

In the immediate aftermath of the terrible accident this week at Alton Towers, its divisional director made an error of judgement in saying that safety on ...

A woman who became a teenage amputee after a staff oversight at Alton Towers led to her rollercoaster crashing says she still sometimes yearns for a "normal life" a decade later. Seventeen-year-old ...

Alton Towers' Smiler rollercoaster has broken down just months after reopening after a crash. People were trapped with the ride stationary on the track, with some hanging upside down in mid-air, ...

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Alton Towers operator Merlin Attractions has been fined £5 million at Stafford Crown Court after admitting health and safety breaches over The Smiler rollercoaster crash. The crash left two teenagers ...

Another theme park ride has malfunctioned - this time with an elastic bungee cord snapping seconds before a family were about to be catapulted into the air After the horrors of the Alton Towers Smiler ...

Beverley and Alan Williams - whose daughter died in 2004 say rides are "flirting with the boundaries of technology" Fears: Beverley and Alan Williams say theme park rides musn't been seen as ...

Alton Towers Resort and Goodfella’s Pizza have joined forces to create a limited edition pizza inspired by the resort’s latest rollercoaster, ‘The Smiler’. Those who purchase a Goodfella’s ‘The Smiler ...