{"id":880304,"date":"2026-10-13T01:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/880304\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T01:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:22:14","slug":"1-dead-others-hurt-at-six-flags-over-georgia-as-man-fell-from-coaster-guests-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/880304\/","title":{"rendered":"1 dead, others hurt at Six Flags Over Georgia as man fell from coaster, guests say"},"content":{"rendered":"

A person died and other people were injured at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday, officials said, as witnesses reported seeing a man fall from a roller coaster.<\/p>\n

The Cobb County Department of Emergency Communications confirmed the death at the amusement park just outside Atlanta but was unable to immediately provide details.<\/p>\n

Cobb County Police Sgt. E.D. Smith said in a statement that several people were also injured in the incident, reported just before 4 p.m., and that the department\u2019s Major Crimes Unit is investigating.<\/p>\n

Witnesses who spoke to NBC affiliate WXIA of Atlanta <\/a>said they saw a man fall from the Goliath roller coaster, with at least two saying they saw him strike parts of the ride multiple times before he hit the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe fell and hit the car three different times,\u201d a witness told the station.<\/p>\n

\"ASix Flags Over Georgia on Monday.WXIA<\/p>\n

In a statement, a park spokesperson said that, \u201cWe are deeply saddened by the guest incident at our park today. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with the guest\u2019s family, friends, and loved ones. <\/p>\n

The spokesperson added that the park was providing support to affected guests and employees, and that details would not be immediately released \u201cout of respect for the family\u2019s privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Witness Logan Conner said he was on the ride with his fianc\u00e9 when he saw the man detached from his seat on Goliath.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe man started levitating in the air sideways,\u201d he said. \u201cWe made direct eye contact with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A witness told WXIA that the man had been sitting with a child and that his blood ended up on their ride vehicle.<\/p>\n

Video showed riders exiting the roller coaster after it paused mid-ride.<\/p>\n

Goliath, designed and built by Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers of Switzerland, opened in 2006<\/a> and features a drop of more than 200 feet, which places it in the category of hyper coaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In September, Six Flags was named in multiple lawsuits<\/a> after riders claimed to have suffered brain injuries on the X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Southern California. It includes 360-degree rotating seats, a 215-foot drop and sudden flips and rotations.<\/p>\n

The coaster has been closed since July 12, a day after attorney Christopher Bulone said one of the plaintiffs suffered catastrophic brain injury after a ride. The park said at the time that it does not comment on pending lawsuits.<\/p>\n

Six Flags Over Georgia is about 10 miles west of downtown Atlanta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A person died and other people were injured at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday, officials said, as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-880304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}