{"id":881506,"date":"2026-10-14T02:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T02:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/881506\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T02:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T02:26:14","slug":"six-flags-temporarily-closes-9-rides-across-6-parks-after-deadly-incident-on-georgia-roller-coaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/881506\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Flags temporarily closes 9 rides across 6 parks after deadly incident on Georgia roller coaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six Flags has temporarily closed nine rides across six of its parks after a man died<\/a> when he fell from a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia<\/a> Monday, the company said. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The man fell out of his seat on Goliath<\/a>, a hypercoaster that reaches 70 miles per hour and 200 feet high, witnesses said. Several other people were injured in the incident, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Out of an abundance of caution, we have temporarily closed similar attractions across our parks,” a Six Flags spokesperson said Monday. “The safety of our guests and team members remains one of our highest priorities.”<\/p>\n

Six Flags did not specify which attractions were being paused, but CBS News Philadelphia reported<\/a>\u00a0the Nitro roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey, was among the rides closed.<\/p>\n

Six Flags Over Georgia was closed Tuesday for a scheduled non-operating day, the company said.<\/p>\n

Police have\u00a0identified the man<\/a>\u00a0who died on Monday as 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta.<\/p>\n

A witness described seeing the man “come straight up out of his seat.”<\/p>\n

“Everything felt like it was happening in slow motion,” said Nick Mendenhall, who had ridden Goliath just minutes beforehand with his teenage son. “It was just surreal seeing it happen.”<\/p>\n

Six Flags said it is “deeply saddened” by the incident and it is cooperating fully with authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The incident comes two weeks after Six Flags permanently shut down its X2 roller coaster<\/a> at Magic Mountain in Southern California amid multiple lawsuits<\/a> alleging the ride caused serious brain injuries. Six Flags declined to comment on pending litigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An investigation is ongoing in Georgia to determine what happened Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brian Avery, a legal and risk professor at the University of Florida, said investigators will look at video footage, maintenance logs and statements from witnesses and ride attendants.<\/p>\n

“All of these are clues to kind of build to the root cause and trying to come to an actual understanding as to why this would have occurred,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Avery said the odds of being in an incident involving a roller coaster are very low, but he added he hopes to see some federal oversight of safety standards for amusement rides.<\/p>\n

“We need uniformity in our standards and we need an understanding of how each park is operating so that they’re operating according to the same book, if you would,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Somitra Butalia contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

\n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n

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