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Two children still in serious condition after rollercoaster crash

Two children remain in a serious condition in hospital after a theme park rollercoaster crashed 20ft off its tracks.

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Man describes helping free people from rollercoaster

A man has described how he helped free people from the crashed rollercoaster at the M&D's amusement park.

William McLechlan was at the park with his nephews when he heard an "almighty crash" and saw people running and screaming.

He said: "I helped a couple of people off and helped to move carriages and things up to try and get people that were stuck."

Mr McLechlan described the scene as "carnage" and that there were "bits of rollercoaster all over the place", with many people looking badly hurt.

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