News Script

Alton Towers Crash

Rosie Good evening Im Rosie Blake and this is the news at
six, tonight it has been officially announced that following
the crash at Alton Towers Merlin have been fined 5m after the
devastating rollercoaster incident resulted in sixteen people
being injured including 2 teenage girls who needed leg
amputations. Our source Millie Coaker is live at Alton Towers
Millie tell us what you know

Millie Thank you Rosie. The 18m attraction

as a catastrophic failure which caused life
injuries to the people who were on board that
the conductor of the ride had originally been
at fault of the crash however recent evidence
caused by the ride malfunctioning.

which was quoted

changing
day. At first
accused of being
suggests it was

Rosie Now this must have been a very traumatising event for
the people who were on board, how long were the passengers
left waiting for emergency services to come to their aid?

Millie For several hours people were left suspended with

indescribable injuries one girl actually fainted after
colliding with the carriage ahead.

Rosie Are the injured people happy after being compensated

for the actions of Alton Towers?

Millie - As one of the victims solicitor Paul Paxton stated

money alone will never replace limbs however now they can have
some closure of the events that happened that day.

Rosie thank you again Millie for informing us on the updates

today.