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The trouble for all the UK parks is they are now heading towards the time of the year where there are lots of school trips and I know there's been a fair number of cancellations so far, this will hit them all hard.
Merlin have closed a their Intamin rapids pending more details about this incident. The last UK theme park death was on an Intamin built water ride too, Hydro. (although not suggesting they're inherently unsafe)