Crash Victim Opposes Rollercoaster Reopening

Alton Towers is reopening its Smiler ride today - nine months after the rollercoaster crashed, leaving five people with life-changing or serious injuries. Two teenage passengers - Vicky Balch and Leah Washington - each lost a leg in the aftermath of the accident when their carriage collided with a stationary car on the ride . Miss Washington's boyfriend, Joe Pugh, broke both knees and endured extensive hand injuries, Daniel Thorpe suffered a fractured leg and a punctured lung, and mother-of-two