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A rollercoaster that derailed at 40mph and injured 10 people has been removed from a theme park – eight months after the horror crash.

The Tsunami ride at M&Ds in Motherwell was dismantled last week and taken away at the weekend.

A spokesman for the park said: “The ride will not be returning.”

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Three children were seriously hurt when the Tsunami came off the rails from 30ft up last June.

Wreckage and victims crashed to the ground and bystanders tried to free trapped children.

(Image: Steve Welsh)

One adult suffered broken knees, a dislocated shoulder, a head injury and other suspected fractures.

The inverted roller coaster appeared to detach from its rails at a bend, colliding with the ride’s main structure and then falling to the ground.

It emerged that an inspector who passed the ride as safe 16 days before the accident had been subsequently banned.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued a prohibition notice barring Craig Boswell from carrying out inspections of fairground rides. Boswell took himself off the register of fairground ride inspectors after the crash but that wasn’t enough for the HSE.

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They issued a legal prohibition notice against him.

The HSE also said they found “significant issues” with the “condition of the mechanical and structural parts of the Tsunami”. And they had “serious concerns” about the maintenance of the Tsunami and other rides.

Student Katie McArdle, 19, who was on the ride, said of the crash: “I honestly thought I was going to die.”

The HSE investigation into the accident is ongoing.