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Yar
06-30-2008, 01:18 AM
Boy decapitated by roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia is ID'd | ajc.com (http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/06/28/six_flags_death.html)

What a tragedy. :(

People don't realize how safe roller-coasters actually are. Typically if a fatality occurs, its at the own person's fault. I recall one woman had been on a roller-coaster in Indiana, stood up on the coaster and either fell off or jumped.

I've been in a couple of roller-coaster accidents, but neither fatal. I was on Raptor at Cedar Point and we were scaling the chain-lift. The chain failed, and anti-rollback devices (the things that go "clickclickclick") caught the train. The train slammed and I got a bit of a headache, but no one was really injured. We were given water until they had the lift working again. Then after the ride, our train was escorted to another coaster, front of the line.
Jessweeee♪
06-30-2008, 01:30 AM
Whoa...that's really sick o.O
Rye
06-30-2008, 01:49 AM
I am completely terrified of roller coasters. I would not go on one if someone paid me a million dollars.
TyphoonThaReapa
06-30-2008, 01:58 AM
What do you expect us to say? I mean, of course we'll say I feel sorry for the kids family and such. But we're all thinking the same thing after reading that report. Six Flags is not in the wrong in this situation. And all ride are really safe. Take it from me, I worked at Six Flags Over Texas...
Zeldy
06-30-2008, 01:58 AM
What a stupid idea. I feel sorry for his family, but it was his own fault.

I loooove rollar coasters.
Yar
06-30-2008, 02:06 AM
What do you expect us to say? I mean, of course we'll say I feel sorry for the kids family and such. But we're all thinking the same thing after reading that report. Six Flags is not in the wrong in this situation. And all ride are really safe. Take it from me, I worked at Six Flags Over Texas...

Honestly, I was waiting for a "YouTube or it never happened" response, but yes I don't think the park is at fault.
TyphoonThaReapa
06-30-2008, 02:18 AM
What do you expect us to say? I mean, of course we'll say I feel sorry for the kids family and such. But we're all thinking the same thing after reading that report. Six Flags is not in the wrong in this situation. And all ride are really safe. Take it from me, I worked at Six Flags Over Texas...

Honestly, I was waiting for a "YouTube or it never happened" response, but yes I don't think the park is at fault.


Leave a response like that to either Psychotic or Old Manus...:rolleyes2
Momiji
06-30-2008, 04:29 AM
Well, it's obvious the park is not at fault. The kid was being an idiot and he got what was coming. I feel more sympathy for his friends and family than I do for him.
Goldenboko
06-30-2008, 04:33 AM
I am completely terrified of roller coasters. However I would not go on one if someone paid me a million dollars. I'm a sucker for cash.

Edited to fit my needs.
Denmark
06-30-2008, 05:36 AM
Apparently some guy who was too fat went on the Superman at the closest Six Flags to my home and fell out at the top of the lift, crashing to his death. Part of me is like *facepalm* stupid man who is too big for the seats thinking he can go on the ride. But the other part is like *facepalm* Six Flags don't let fat man on!
Ouch!
06-30-2008, 05:40 AM
I love how the list of roller coaster deaths at the end of the ride did not actually include anyone riding the roller coaster. A few bystanders too stupid to realize they should not be near a smurfing roller coaster and some involving construction (which has nothing to do with the final product's safety).

Pinning these as roller coaster related deaths is misleading and only serves to make them sound more dangerous than they really are. While the situation is unfortunate, this is a fairly poor piece of journalism.
Yar
06-30-2008, 05:54 AM
@ Denmark: They aren't supposed to let fat man on. I'd say the park's at fault with the information you've given me. Cedar Point is VERY strict when it comes to size restrictions. If there is any doubt, you're out. I saw this guy asked to leave Millenium Force because he was too tall, not too fat. He was only about 6 1/2'.

@ Ouch!: It's still a roller coaster related death. A roller coaster train ripped his head off! But it wasn't a roller coaster caused death. The roller coaster didn't jump off its supports and sneak up on the guy...
Peegee
06-30-2008, 06:39 AM
Peegee to the rescue...sort of.

I witnessed a Roller Coaster related death. On The Bat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bat_%28Canada%27s_Wonderland%29) (pic (http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/2319/54907103pcwbatcutba1.jpg)). Basically what happened was that they put a kid on the ride that probably didn't fit the restraints properly. His head whiplashed forward and when he went backwards his neck snapped. Oops.

Ride was shut down for a few hours. It was also (seriously) my first time attempting to go on the ride. I was scared of it for a while xD -- you'd think I would run screaming from the ride now.
Bunny
06-30-2008, 06:53 AM
Roller Coasters are pretty boring guys.
TyphoonThaReapa
06-30-2008, 06:57 AM
Roller Coasters are pretty boring guys.

Once you've done it a few times...I would agree...:rolleyes2
Dynast-Kid
06-30-2008, 08:00 AM
Something like this happened last year at Six Flags: Kentucky Kingdom. This girl was riding the "Superman Tower of Power" ride, and a cable snapped and sliced off both of her feet! It happened only months after I was at the same park, and my sister and cousins rode the ride like, 5 times! CREEPY.

I feel sorry for the kid's family and friends, but quite honestly, the kid should've known better. Jumping two 6-foot fences (which undoubtebly had warning signs) just to retrieve your hat? He could've waited until the ride stopped, or asked an employee or something...
Ouch!
06-30-2008, 09:06 AM
@ Ouch!: It's still a roller coaster related death. A roller coaster train ripped his head off! But it wasn't a roller coaster caused death. The roller coaster didn't jump off its supports and sneak up on the guy...

The article, specifically the headline, is still written as though the roller coaster is somehow at fault for the teen's death. That's the tone I read, anyway, and it's rather obnoxious.

The title is "Boy decapitated by rollercoaster..." which certainly implies the theme park is at fault.
Rengori
06-30-2008, 09:19 AM
^This is just natural selection at work.

According to a different article I saw about the same subject (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080628/ap_on_re_us/six_flags_death), the kid jumped two 6-foot tall fences that had signs saying that it was dangerous and off limits.
Mirage
06-30-2008, 10:12 AM
I don't really have any sympathy to spare for this sort of stupidity.
Heath
06-30-2008, 11:19 AM
Don't really have much sympathy for the kid himself, but it's still sad that they died.

As for roller coasters themselves, I love them. Always have and I'm sure I always will. I don't quite know what it is that I like about them the most, but I'd definitely see a day out to Alton Towers or something with some friends as a great day out. As it was when I went with friends in 2005.
Randgris
06-30-2008, 04:27 PM
Reason I did not ride a rollercoaster...
http://www.impawards.com/2006/posters/final_destination_three.jpg

I saw the news at around 12 noon. They said the boy was trying to get his cap that had been blown away. I dunno. He's time was up anyway.

EDIT: Dang, my image never appeared.
G3ORGE
06-30-2008, 04:39 PM
Great... and i was trying to get over my fear of rollercoasters for the summer holidays :/
Old Manus
06-30-2008, 05:55 PM
M-M-M-MONSTER KILL

Must have been one hell of a fright for the dude he banged into
Randgris
06-30-2008, 06:01 PM
I was thinking of the word FATALITY when this happened...

In fact if I remember it correctly, the words I used to describe this news to my brother was 'Hey did you see the news about a guy decapitated by a rollercoaster? He got FATALITY on that one' :D

Hey where's the ezpimp smiley?
NeoTifa
06-30-2008, 06:51 PM
i love rollercoasters. but i dont think ive ever really even heard of an incident where it was actually the parks fault...
Jojee
06-30-2008, 07:08 PM
My I'm glad we didn't decide to go to an amusement park for the midwest meetup ^_^

I hate roller coasters though. They're scary. With or without people dying.
Nominus Experse
06-30-2008, 09:18 PM
I only hope that the kid wasn't able to reproduce prior to his death...

I very much enjoy roller coasters.
Jessweeee♪
06-30-2008, 09:22 PM
Yeah that was a dumb thing to do...still kinda feel bad for him, though :P
~*~Celes~*~
06-30-2008, 09:34 PM
I feel bad for his family, not for him.

My little brother went to Cedar Point yesterday and before he went my mom told him about what happened. "You'd do something like that, you know," she told him. He said "mom, I'm not stupid enough to go after a hat like that." Yeah, right. He's 13 and a daredevil, and an idiot with no common sense to boot. He totally would.
Shiny
06-30-2008, 10:14 PM
A big rule in my family when we go on rides is that if you're wearing a hat while on a ride, you take it off and sit on it. And if it does drop, never go get it. You would think the guy would have sense enough not to go in a restricted area. It is unfortunate that he died, but also a harsh lesson to anyone who tries something so stupid.

I remember a little girl was killed at a local amusement park a while ago. She was supposedly riding on this spinning ride (forgot the name) and she ended up being flung out of it and hit a tree and died.