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Manchester Evening News
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Ashlie Blakey

"It was horrendous": Riders 'screamed and cried' before having to walk down from Blackpool's Big One

A woman has described the 'horrendous' moment that she had to walk down from a rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach after it stopped mid-ride.

Harriet Molyneux, from Wigan, and her friend Lydia Royale were riding the Big One - the UK's tallest rollercoaster - at the theme park on Tuesday (April 11) when the carriage stopped on the lift hill. Staff had stopped the iconic ride due to a 'sudden change in weather conditions'.

Harriet said people 'screamed and cried' when the rollercoaster ground to a halt. She said passengers waited around 10 minutes before staff helped walk them down to safety.

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