Couple seriously injured in Smiler crash tie the knot in dream wedding

A couple who were seriously injured in an Alton Towers rollercoaster accident nearly 10 years ago have tied the knot in a dream wedding ceremony surrounded by their nearest and dearest.

On June 2, 2014, after dating for just six weeks, Leah, then a sixth-form student, and 18 year old Joe decided on a whim to visit Alton Towers. Recounting the events to the Daily Mirror two months post-accident, Leah said: "I wanted to go on Sonic Spinball but Joe said there's no point queuing for ages because it's not that good. He suggested we go on The Smiler. I was scared because I'd never been on it before. I wanted to go on a ride I'd already been on.

The boys sent her a video message as letters and gifts from well wishers poured into the hospital. "I want to say thank you to everyone," said Leah. Leah shared her harrowing experience of being trapped in the wreckage of a rollercoaster, revealing that she nearly lost her life twice as medical professionals battled to save her. She said: "I think of all the people who were in the park that day and I ask myself, why were we at the front of the ride when it happened? Why us? But I wouldn't wish this on anyone else."

He further commented: "This was a needless and avoidable accident in which those injured were fortunate not to have been killed or to have bled to death." "If you'd told either of us during the weeks that followed our horrific accident at Alton Towers that we'd be planning our wedding now, I don't think we'd have believed it," the influencer revealed to OK! Magazine.

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