Six Flags temporarily closes some rides after deadly ejection

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Oct 15, 2026
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Authorities in Georgia are investigating
an incident at a Six Flags park
where a man was killed after being ejected from a roller coaster.
Several parks across the country say they
have temporarily closed similar rides
out of an abundance of caution.
Fox's Kevin Uretzky has more.
Investigations are underway
at a Six Flags amusement park in Mableton, Georgia,
days after a man was killed on a roller coaster.
42-year-old Hassan Jihadi bin Karim was ejected from his seat
on the Goliath roller coaster on Monday landing on other riders
then falling below i just i watched
this man come up out of his seat
in that curve where it turns to the left i saw him come out
and off the ride altogether a statement
from Six Flags says it is cooperating with local authorities
in an investigation
while the coaster's manufacturer B&M says it is also investigating
the incident maybe some third-party inspections will occur
in addition to all that to get to the
root cause as to why this happened.
The death is drawing scrutiny on the entire amusement ride
industry as speculation mounts into what actually happened.
That seems to be related to either
operator error or some malfunction that occurred
that would allow the restraint to fail. While
restrictions and regulations on amusement rides vary
from state to state, the industry is widely
considered to be safe with chances
of serious injuries being extremely rare because of the
restraint systems in place
the actual clamshell system has redundancies that are built in to
prevent these types of incidences
from occurring still some riders of the Goliath coaster say it
needs more restraints the only way that i would go back
on it if there were a shoulder harness
or at least a seatbelt.
Kevin Uretzky, Fox News.
