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[–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

@CoasterCollege

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    [–] 32 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    Witnesses say that a man was ejected from his car and fell, striking either the car or parts of the ride structure at least three times on the way down.

    Another car that was not the accident car halted on an incline tow, and riders were evacuated down the stairs.

    Witnesses say that attendants checked the harnesses on the accident car before dispatch.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

    They haven’t released what specifically happened.

    It is weird that I was just reading about Fabio’s incident at Busch Gardens this afternoon.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    I can't pass up the opportunity to post.... The Fabio Goose diorama by Bobby Fingers.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    I rewatched that video and it was why I was looking into it.

    Bobby Fingers is my favorite YouTuber. His videos are a master class.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Yeah also mine. He's some man. Was it yourself posted his last video up and I was talking to?

    I took the opportunity to rewatch the Fabio one. Incredible.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    The fact that they stopped roller coasters of similar design at other parks means that there is a possibility of a fundamental design flaw of the tracks and/or cars.

    Someone else is saying that someone was ejected from a car and may have struck another car on the way down. That would align with the one death and others injured, and indicate a possible design flaw in the safety harness system. Maybe the primary and redundant harnesses failed through a design flaw. Maybe the rider/operator(s) misapplied the restraints and the operator(s) failed to catch the mistake. Either way, mechanical or process failure, means that their safety system needs to be reworked and/or more stringently applied. It takes multiple failures for something like an ejection to happen.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago*

    Lots of jokes in here for someone who lost their life unexpectedly and violently during a day out with their family.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Officials did not confirm how the person died

    Apparently he fell out of the roller coaster.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/six-flags-georgia-death-guests-say-man-fell-roller-coaster-rcna603097

    Preliminary findings from witness and employee interviews indicate that Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was “ejected from the ride and struck other patrons before falling beneath the attraction.”

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    And this is why I don't do rollercoasters!

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    Six flags at half mast. That's a total of three flags day.

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