Alton Towers' new ride Toxicator had to shut on its opening day when a pipe burst and brown liquid leaked out.Park staff were inundated by frustrated riders, who took to social media about the problem at the Staffordshire park,

Visitors claimed a “brown liquid” was leaking near the entrance of the ride on Saturday but Alton Towers denied reports it was sewage and insisted it was a nearby burst pipe. A spokesperson for Alton Towers said the incident was “unrelated to the new ride” and confirmed that operations were suspended for about two hours.

ALTON Towers was forced to shut a new ride on opening day after sewage leaked from a broken pipe. Ticket holders slammed the popular theme park, near Stoke-on-Trent, after they queued for hours to