Horror ride survivors relax in paradise

A COUPLE'S blissful smiles show the Alton Towers Smiler tragedy had served only to unite them as they honeymoon in the Maldives.

- Chris Riches

Nine years ago their rollercoaster carriage smashed into a second car at 50mph on their first date.

Leah Washington, then 17, lost her left leg. Joe Pugh, then 18, smashed his kneecaps and hurt a hand.

The couple, from Barnsley, South Yorks, wrongly feared their trauma would make them drift apart.

But in May the Express told how they had married before jetting to Mallorca.

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