A SHAKEN teenage victim of the M&D's rollercoaster crash has revealed she thought she was going to die when the ride derailed and plummeted 20ft to the ground on Sunday afternoon (June 26).
Katie McArdle, 19, from South Lanarkshire, was on the Tsunami rollercoaster with her boyfriend William at Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell, when the ride came flying off the track at 3.40pm.
She said: "I have never been so scared in my entire life. Honestly thought I was going to die.
"Turning round and not seeing William beside me was the worst.
"I've been having flashbacks all day and have been positive that I seen william fly out his seat."
Katie was taken to hospital and treated for a broken wrist and whip ]lash before she was released.
Her boyfriend William remains in hospital after his knee was reportedly knocked out of joint.
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