Merlin fined £5m for Alton Towers Smiler crash after 'catastrophic' safety failure
Merlin Entertainments has been fined £5m (US$6.5m, €5.7m) after last year’s horrific Smiler crash at Alton Towers, an accident which left five visitors with life-changing injuries including two leg amputations. Delivering his verdict in front of Vicky Balch and Leah Washington – who each lost a leg in the crash – and Joe Pugh, Daniel Thorpe and Chandaben Chauhan, who were all seriously injured, judge Michael Chambers said the crash was a "catastrophic failure" of safety by Merlin...
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