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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Alice Peacock

Alton Towers visitors climb down Oblivion rollercoaster as ride stops before 180ft drop

Alton Towers visitors were forced to climb down from the park’s iconic Oblivion rollercoaster as it came to a halt just before the huge 180ft drop.

Park-goers were photographed being led down from the world's first vertical rollercoaster yesterday as temperatures at the Staffordshire theme park rose to 37C.

A Twitter user named Dean shared photos on the social media platform, explaining that the shuttle carrying passengers around the ride had stopped at the top of the track, the Liverpool Echo reports.

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