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The latest on the Smiler roller coaster crash at Alton Towers

Find all the latest updates on the Smiler roller coaster crash at Alton Towers in June 2015. Sixteen people were injured, with two women having to undergo leg amputations, after carriages on the theme park's flagship thrill ride crashed into each other.

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  1. Chris Halpin

Smiler crash survivors criticise ride’s reopening

A woman who lost her leg in the Alton Towers Smiler rollercoaster crash has accused the park of putting money before the people affected by the accident in its decision to reopen the ride tomorrow.

Vicky Balch was one of five passengers seriously injured in the crash on The Smiler last June.

Leah Washington also lost a leg and Joe Pugh, her boyfriend, shattered his knees. Both say they don't want to see the ride operating again. Alton Towers says the accident was caused by human error, and that the Smiler has been certified as safe. Chris Halpin reports.

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