Six Flags directors introduced Saturday that they may institute new security measures, together with seatbelts, for the Goliath coaster on the firm’s Georgia park, almost two weeks after a rider was killed when he fell off the journey.
Directors stated that the hyper coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia will stay closed as they proceed to examine it and examine Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem’s dying, however they’re dedicated to creating modifications to the journey.
The tracks of the Goliath curler coaster are seen within the sky above Six Flags over Georgia on Oct. 14, 2026, in Austell, Georgia.
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Kariem, 42, an IT supervisor, trainer and robotics coach at an Atlanta college, was “ejected from the journey and struck different patrons earlier than falling beneath the attraction,” the Cobb County Police Division stated within the wake of the Oct. 12 incident.
He was on the Six Flags park with a number of members of the family to have fun his niece’s birthday and was sitting beside his niece when he was ejected from the curler coaster, a relative instructed ABC Information.
Along with putting in the seat belts on Goliath, which had lap-bar restraints, the park stated it has “engaged impartial engineers and journey inspection specialists to comprehensively evaluate present security procedures throughout our total portfolio of rides and sights, throughout all of our parks.”
The Goliath curler coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Cobb County, Georgia, is seen on Oct. 12, 2026.
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“We’re dedicated to fastidiously evaluating their findings and taking acceptable motion to additional strengthen our requirements and tradition of security,” Six Flags stated in a press release.
The investigation by the park and police into the incident, the place different individuals had been additionally injured, is ongoing.
Six Flags Over Georgia is positioned in Austell, west of Atlanta. The Goliath curler coaster reaches an elevation of 200 toes and speeds as much as 70 mph, in line with the amusement park’s web site. The journey first opened in 2006.
After the incident, Six Flags indefinitely closed 9 comparable coasters together with Nitro in Nice Journey in New Jersey, as a precaution.
The Goliath curler coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Cobb County, Georgia, is seen on Oct. 12, 2026.
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On Saturday, Six Flags stated eight of these coasters remained closed and can have the seat belts or different restraints put in.
