Students dress up as Alton Towers Smiler crash victims for night out

The students were slammed for the inappropriate outfits (Picture: The Tab)

A group of students have been slammed after dressing up as the victims of the Alton Towers Smiler crash for a night out.

According to The Tab, the Nottingham University students took part in a charity pub crawl on Monday night wearing the inappropriate costumes - which have been fashioned in the shape of rollercoaster seats.

But the group, who referred to themselves as ‘7 legless’ have now been slammed by Joe Pugh, who was seriously injured and whose girlfriend Leah Washington lost a leg when the rollercoaster crashed into an empty carriage in 2015.

Posting on Twitter, Pugh wrote: ‘How awful and disrespectful can people get? Disgusting.’

It’s also claimed that some of the students tied up their jeans to make it appear as if their limbs had been amputated.

An inquest into the crash last month found that Alton Towers owner Merlin Entertainments was responsible for the crash - and were ordered to pay a £5 million fine.

The crash occurred in June 2015 (Picture: PA)

During the inquest, Stafford Crown Court heard how the victims had watched on with ‘disbelief and horror’ as the rollercoaster ploughed into an empty carriage - with the crash likened to a 90mph car collision.

But while Merlin had initially blamed the crash on ‘human error’, the company was found guilty after the court heard how an engineer ‘felt pressure’ to get the ride functioning only a short time before the devastating crash.