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Six Flags faces increased liability risk after death at Georgia ride
The incident comes as the operator has already retired its X2 rollercoaster in California amid lawsuits alleging more than 100 brain injuries and after it previously settled a wrongful death claim tied to the ride.
A person died and several others were injured on October 12 after an incident on the Goliath rollercoaster at Six Flags Over Georgia, about 15 miles from Atlanta, according to the BBC, with Cobb County Police confirming the fatality and saying an investigation is underway.
Insurance Business reports that multiple outlets described witness accounts alleging a man was ejected from the ride, but police and park officials have not verified those accounts, and the park temporarily closed similar attractions across its other sites as a precaution.
The paper says the Georgia incident adds to an existing liability track record for Six Flags, which permanently retired its X2 rollercoaster at its Magic Mountain park in California just weeks earlier following lawsuits alleging more than 100 brain injuries over two years.
Insurance Business adds that Six Flags had also settled a wrongful death lawsuit from the family of a 22-year-old man who died after riding X2 in 2022, with plaintiffs attorneys alleging a second death linked to the ride documented in court.