Six Flags to install seat belts on its Georgia roller coaster after a rider's death
Summary
Six Flags says it will install seat belts on the Georgia roller coaster from which a rider fell and died earlier this month, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the LA Times reported on Saturday 24 October. The theme park operator announced the extra safeguard less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta died after being ejected from a seat on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia, PBS NewsHour reported, and NBC News said that Six Flags will add seat belts to the roller coaster from which the man was ejected.
Latest: Six Flags says it will install seat belts on the Georgia roller coaster from which a rider fell and died earlier this month, The Philadelphia Inquirer, PBS NewsHour, NBC News and the LA Times reported, PBS NewsHour saying that 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta died after being ejected from a seat on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.
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How it unfolded
Saturday 24 October
Six Flags says it will install seat belts on the Georgia roller coaster from which a rider fell and died earlier this month, The Philadelphia Inquirer, PBS NewsHour, NBC News and the LA Times reported, PBS NewsHour saying that 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta died after being ejected from a seat on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.
- 14:28LA TimesSix Flags says it will install seat belts on Georgia roller coaster after rider's death
- 13:58NBC NewsSix Flags to add seat belts to roller coaster after Georgia man falls to his death
- 13:32PBS NewsHourSix Flags says it will install seat belts on Georgia roller coaster after rider's death
- 13:03The Philadelphia InquirerSix Flags says it will install seat belts on Georgia roller coaster after rider's death