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At Six Flags Over Georgia in Mableton, Cobb County major crimes detectives are investigating after a man died and several others were injured on the Goliath roller coaster. Officials have not confirmed how he died.
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Witnesses who spoke to broadcaster WXIA reported seeing the man fall from the ride, though police have not established the cause of death. Cobb County commission chair Lisa Cupid responded: I cannot imagine the horror the patrons and employees witnessed today, and my heart aches for the family who lost a loved one.
“I cannot imagine the horror the patrons and employees witnessed today, and my heart aches for the family who lost a loved one.”
Six Flags said it is fully cooperating with investigators. As a precaution, the company temporarily closed 9 similar attractions across six of its parks, according to reporting by Frankfurter Allgemeine.
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- Deutsche WelleMan dies after falling from a roller coaster at Six Flags
- watson.ch/Death on US roller coaster: The Swiss manufacturer also built the Silver Star
- 20minutesThe man who died after being ejected from a roller coaster had survived cancer
- Blick.chSix Flags Atlanta: Man dies on Goliath roller coaster
- AP NEWSWitness says man who fell from Six Flags roller coaster in Georgia 'came down head first'
- AdnkronosThrown from a roller coaster in the USA, Hassan falls and dies: he had survived a car fire and a tumor