Visitors to Chessington World of Adventures (CWOA) were told to delete mobile phone photos of thrill seekers trapped on broken down rollercoaster yesterday.

The Dragon Fury rollercoaster ride ground to a halt for an hour on Sunday, September 21. 

One visitor claimed they were "chased down" by security, then forced to delete mobile phone photos of the delay.

He said: "There was still people stuck on the ride having staff get them out onto platforms with safety harnesses.

One man stuck on the ride was there having a fag.

"We were also chased down by security and forced to delete the photos otherwise we would have been removed from the park.

"They also had the police down to make us remove the photos." 

But CWOA spokeswoman denied police were called.

Your Local Guardian:

Visitors were told to delete photos of the broken down ride - a request some chose to ignore

Your Local Guardian:

She said: "Two members of our security team approached a small party of guests who were taking photos of our ride staff and guests during the evacuation.

"They were politely asked to delete these images as neither our staff nor the guests in question had given permission for their photos to be taken.

"The party agreed to do so of their own free will, and the matter was resolved.

"Police were not called to the resort as our staff handled this situation internally."