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[ErYx]

Aujourd'hui, une roue de guidage du coaster est tombée et a frappé les quatre passagers qui se trouvait dans la voiture de tête. 

Le porte parole du parc a indiqué que de petits galets qui tiennent avaient quitté leur emplacement pendant une partie inclinée..

Plus d'infos à suivre..

(source: Le parc)

[ErYx]

Un article plus complet avec le témoignage des victimes: 

The park said the injured people did not need treatment by the ambulance service.

A new £18m roller coaster at Alton Towers has closed after wheels fell off and hit four people in the front carriage.

A spokeswoman said some "small guide wheels" came off The Smiler as it was being pulled up an incline.

Kevin Hayes-Heath, who was in the carriage with his partner Wayne, said the incident was "pretty frightening".

Debris hit him on the shoulder and his partner in the face. A teenage girl and her father were also hit, he said.

"You are at the highest point of the ride and you've got all these loops to do and you just think that the carriage is going to come off," Mr Hayes-Heath said.

"We were shouting at them to stop the ride because they were about to send another party off."
'Investigation'

Alton Towers said the ride completed its circuit and no evacuation was required.

A spokeswoman confirmed that plastic guide wheels were flicked onto a teenager and three adults in the front row of the train.

The rest of the guide wheels were caught by safety netting, she added.

The injured people were looked after by park staff and did not need treatment by the ambulance service, the spokeswoman said.

The park said an investigation would be carried out into Saturday's incident to decide when the ride could re-open.

Safety 'absolute priority'

The 14-loop Smiler was shut for four days on 21 July after a piece fell off the track, and 48 people had to be rescued.

It closed again in August for five days due to a "technical issue".

The ride, which opened in May, includes a drop of 30m (98ft).

The spokeswoman said: "We have very stringent safety procedures on all of our rides including CCTV so the ride was stopped immediately by the rides team.

"All of our rides and attractions are expected to meet extremely high standards, technologically, mechanically and in terms of the end experience, and a full investigation is on going before we determine whether to re-open the ride.

"We are sorry for any disappointment the ride's temporary closure caused our visitors but the health and safety of all of our visitors is our absolute priority."

(Avec les agences britanniques et Reuters)

[Shadowdefiler]

Aîe, sale affaire.
Après je sais pas pourquoi mais ça me surprend qu'à moitié, j'avais le sentiment que The Smiler serait un coaster à problèmes.

[Wonder World]

C'était hier en fait^^ Développement et article en français en cours.

Aperçu des galets en question, encore une chance qu'il y a des filets. L'incident intervient une semaine après un autre incident où un boulon d'un des lifts s'est retrouvé sur un bloc sanitaire.


(TowersTimes)

Boulon de l'incident précédent, il y a une semaine:


(TCP)

W.W

[Wonder World]

Le parc d

[Furius]

Le coasters maudit quoi !!!
Il a surement chopé le virus du vertigo.. Faut l'abattre.

[Romain Fanatix]

Pffff n'importe quoi! 
Il est très bien ce coaster, sans les pannes bien entendu, et puis surtout l'ambiance autour du coaster est juste terrible!!!

Et en plus, il a réouvert:
We are pleased to confirm that The Smiler has reopened today, Thursday 7th November.

We remain committed to ensuring that all of our rides meet the highest standards in all areas and we are sorry for any disappointment caused by The Smiler

[drst68]

moi je pense qu'il devrait le fermer pour cette saison et refaire les travaux nécessaire dessus à la fermeture car la ça devient dangereux !