{"id":931600,"date":"2026-10-13T15:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/931600\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:16:10","slug":"2-roller-coasters-closed-at-canadas-wonderland-after-someone-dies-on-similar-ride-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/931600\/","title":{"rendered":"2 roller coasters closed at Canada&#8217;s Wonderland after someone dies on similar ride in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">Canada\u2019s Wonderland has closed two roller coasters after an incident on a similar ride at a Six Flags in Georgia left one person dead and several others injured on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">The Behemoth and the Leviathan were <a class=\"link-_o8iA html-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/roller-coatser-six-flags-georgia-death-9.7378332\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">both closed on Monday<\/a>, according to Grace Peacock, spokesperson for Canada\u2019s Wonderland, which is owned by Six Flags.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">&#8220;Out of an abundance of caution, we have temporarily closed similar attractions across our parks,&#8221; said Peacock. &#8220;The safety of our guests and team members remains one of our highest priorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">Officials did not confirm how the person died or how the others were injured. Detectives with the Cobb County Police Department\u2019s major crimes unit are investigating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">There is no timeline as to when the rides will re-open, Peacock said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">Six flags closed nine roller coasters across six amusement parks on Monday following the incident at Six Flags Over Georgia, about 24 kilometres northwest of Atlanta.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WATCH | Incident on Six Flag&#8217;s roller coaster in Georgia leaves 1 dead, several injured:<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791904570_482_default.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"thumbnail\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"video-item-title\">One dead, several injured after incident on a Six Flags roller-coaster in Georgia | Hanomansing Live<\/p>\n<p>One person has died and several others were injured in an incident involving a Six Flags roller-coaster Monday afternoon in Georgia, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">Authorities and Six Flags also did not identify the roller-coaster. However, local TV stations showed video of passengers being evacuated from the Goliath coaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">The roller-coaster, which opened in 2006, reaches top speeds of about 113 km\/h and heights of 61 metres, the park&#8217;s website reports. During about 3-1\/2 minutes, riders &#8220;navigate through razor-sharp turns and soar over colossal hills,&#8221; according to the website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">The death on Monday would be at least the seventh at the Georgia park. It also comes less than two weeks after Six Flags Magic Mountain, in Southern California, announced that it is retiring its famous X2 roller-coaster amid lawsuits alleging serious brain injury caused by the ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-931600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}