Alton Towers victim Vicky Balch speaks about crash

One of the victims of the Alton Towers Smiler rollercoaster crash has told the BBC that she "thought she was going to die" during the hours following the crash.

Vicky Balch, 20, of Lancashire revealed she was in "excruciating pain" for the four hours she was trapped on the ride after the bars of the carriage were left "in my right knee".

"The only thought that was going through my mind for the hours and hours that we were stuck was that we were going to die," she said. "If I was going to survive I would never walk again, that was certain."

"I thought it was never going to end. I just wanted to die."

Her lawyer Paul Paxton has told the BBC she is still "fighting" to save one of her legs from amputation.

Vicky Balch's words are spoken by an actor