Sadly, and gruesomely, a 17 year old boy was killed by decapitation today at 2pm at the Six Flags Amusement park in Atlanta Georgia. This incident unlike most deaths at amusement parks was not due to ride malfunction or safety regulations. The 17 Year old scaled 2 restricted fences to gain access to a restricted and dangerous park of the park, right in the tracks of a rollercoaster said to reach top speeds of 50 Miles per hour.
The Victim was struck, decapitated, and obviously killed by the coaster. Witness’s stated that the 17 year old lost something out of his pocket on one of the rides at Six flags, and thus jumped the fences in order to recover those items. I can only hope that too mainly children did not see the horrible accident. God bless his family, as this is just an accident that really is no ones fault.
Jun 28 2008
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June 28th, 2008 8:51 pm
I went to Six Flags last year on my birthday. The one in Atlanta. It was the worst experience of the year. Everything was dirty, hot, extremely long lines and no one was in control of anyone. We left after three hours of being pushed, ignored, then finally directly treated like dirt from one of the employees. I am sick for this boy’s parents, as a mother of a 17 year old myself. In fact, a group of his friends were excited about going to Six Flags last week…I sincerely hope they decided on a water park instead. Most of the amusement parks I’ve gone to LATELY are not run or managed like they seem to have been before. I know this wasn’t the park’s direct fault, but, I promise you, after last year at Atlanta’s Six Flags, I can VERY easily see how he would have gotten well into the restricted places with no one caring at all.