A seven-year-old suffered life-changing injuries after being hurled from a rollercoaster and plummeting 30ft at a theme park where glaring safety failings were exposed.
Inspectors sent to North Yorkshire's Lightwater Valley in the wake of the tragic incident on the Twister ride in May last year found malfunctioning seat belts and evidence height limits were not being enforced.
The park has now been fined £333,000. Speaking to York Magistrates’ the child’s mother told how "the little boy I took to Lightwater Valley that day is not the same boy that woke up after the surgery, Teesside Live reports. "I still grieve for my little boy", she added.
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