Rollercoaster teen ‘lucky to be alive’

A teenager injured when a theme park rollercoaster crashed 20ft off its tracks has said she thought she was going to die.

Katie McArdle was among 10 people taken to hospital after the Tsunami ride derailed and hit the ground at M&D’s amusement park at Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, on Sunday afternoon.

Three children are said to be in a serious condition in Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children while four other youngsters and one adult are stable in Wishaw General Hospital.