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		</div><p>The owner of Alton Towers is to be prosecuted over the Smiler rollercoaster crash in which five people were seriously injured.</p>
<p>The victims of the incident last June included two women who had legs amputated after their carriage collided with a stationary carriage on the same track.</p>
<p>The Health and Safety Executive said Merlin Attractions will appear at North Staffordshire Justice Centre on April 22 to face a charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act.</p>
<p>Neil Craig, head of operations for HSE in the Midlands, said: “We have today informed Merlin Attractions Operations Ltd that it will be prosecuted for breaching health and safety law.</p>
<p>“This was a serious incident with life-changing consequences for five people.</p>
<p>“We have conducted a very thorough investigation and consider that there is sufficient evidence and that it is in the public interest to bring a prosecution.”</p>
<p>Merlin Entertainments has seen its annual profits edge up after the accident.</p>
<p>The group – which also owns attractions such as Legoland, Madame Tussauds and the London Eye – said it overcame a fall in revenues at its theme parks to post a pre-tax profit rise of 0.3% to £250m in the year to December 26 compared with a year ago.</p>
<p>It said Alton Towers had a “significant” fall in visitor numbers after the accident on June 2 2015, which resulted in the 500-acre theme park in Staffordshire being shut down for four days.</p>
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