Many were left injured following the derailed roller coaster crash at Strathclyde Park, the latest individuals include a 12-year-old with chest, abdominal and leg injuries and an 11-year-old with serious harm to his arms and hands.<\/p>\n
Det Insp John Malcolm stated that police were eager to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident,<\/p>\n
“This is a really serious incident that has affected many people visiting the theme park and our thoughts go out to those who have been injured,<\/p>\n
“I would ask that anyone who witnessed the inci\u2019dent or indeed, anyone who may have video footage or photographs to get in touch with the dedicated inquiry team.”<\/p>\n
“We have now launched a joint investigation with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and our priority is to find out the cause of the incident.<\/p>\n
There were a total of 9 people on the ride including two 19 year olds and seven children. 10 people were taken to the hospital following the crash.<\/p>\n
Along with the two children in serious condition, a 13 year old suffered head and leg injuries and a 13 year old is under monitor.<\/p>\n
Douglas Taylor, director of the park, said, “Each and every ride within the theme park is safety checked on a daily basis and undergoes a thorough independent inspection every 12 months.<\/p>\n
“My brother Matthew and I have been in business together for 50 years and this is the first incident of this type that we have ever been involved in.<\/p>\n
“We are devastated as both a family and a business, and our heart goes out to everyone who has been affected by this accident.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Many were left injured following the derailed roller coaster crash at Strathclyde Park, the latest individuals include a 12-year-old with chest, abdominal and leg injuries and an 11-year-old with serious harm to his arms and hands. Det Insp John Malcolm stated that police were eager to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident, “This is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":15345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,3,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-news","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}