Six Flags temporarily closes 9 roller-coasters, including 2 at Canada's Wonderland, after Georgia fatality
Officials haven't yet given details about what happened on Six Flags Over Georgia ride
Police are investigating after a man fell to his death from a roller-coaster at a Six Flags near Atlanta, watched by other visitors to the amusement park as he was catapulted from the ride.
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Officials have not confirmed how the man died Monday at Six Flags Over Georgia in Austell, Ga., about 24 kilometres northwest of Atlanta.
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No information has been released about the condition of several others who were hurt.
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Cobb County Police Department major crimes unit detectives are investigating.
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Attractions at the parks that are similar to the coaster in Austell were closed "out of an abundance of caution," according to a Six Flags Entertainment Corporation spokesperson, who said staff members and local authorities responded immediately and the park is co-operating with the investigation.
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We are deeply saddened by the guest incident at our park today," the spokesperson said, adding that the company is providing support to guests and staff who were impacted.
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CBC News has confirmed that the list of nine rides includes the Behemoth and Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland, located north of Toronto.
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A park spokesperson said it did not have a timeline for when the rides might be available again.
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Canada's Wonderland is open to the public for 12 more Halloween-themed evenings and weekends until it closes for the winter.
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Montreal's La Ronde amusement park said it was temporarily shutting down its Goliath roller-coaster until an update is received from the manufacturer of the ride.
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La Ronde was a Six Flags property until this spring, when the park's purchase by EPR Properties was finalized.
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Authorities and Six Flags did not identify the roller-coaster at the Georgia location.
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However, local TV stations showed video of passengers being evacuated from the Goliath coaster.
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Logan Conner said he was on the Goliath with his fiancée when he saw the man come out of his seat.
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"The man started levitating in the air sideways," he told NBC.
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"We made direct eye contact with him."
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Britny Landry had been on the ride earlier Monday and was waiting in line to go again.
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She could see part of the Goliath track.
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"We just look, and I just see somebody fly out," she told KTVU-TV.
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She said she wasn't sure if that's what she saw at first.
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"Maybe somebody had a bag or something."
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The roller-coaster, which was opened in 2006, reaches top speeds of about 113 km/h and heights of 61 metres, the park's website reports.
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During about 3½ minutes, riders "navigate through razor-sharp turns and soar over colossal hills," according to the website.
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"I cannot imagine the horror the patrons and employees witnessed today, and my heart aches for the family who lost a loved one," Lisa Cupid, chair of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, said in a statement.
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She added that next of kin have been notified.
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The amusement park is a major part of the county's tourism and brings in visitors from across the southeast, Cupid said.
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"We are all grappling with how something so devastating could happen at a place that has given generations of families such happy memories," she said.
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This death would be at least the seventh at the Georgia park, including one in 2006 in which a man had a likely heart attack on the Goliath coaster, according to the Doan Law Firm, which focuses on amusement park accidents.
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It also comes less than two weeks after Six Flags Magic Mountain, in Southern California, announced that it is retiring its famous X2 roller-coaster amid lawsuits alleging serious brain injury caused by the ride.
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The park had settled one wrongful-death lawsuit from the family of a 22-year-old man who died after riding the coaster in 2022.
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Last year, a 32-year-old man died after riding a high-speed roller-coaster at the Universal Epic Universe theme park in Florida.
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He died from blunt impact injuries, and his death was ruled accidental.
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