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Six Flags temporarily closed nine roller coasters across the U.S. and Canada, including one in California, after a rider died and others were injured Monday on a ride at the company’s Georgia theme park.
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The Goliath coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia will be closed until further notice “out of an abundance of caution,” a spokesperson for the Charlotte, North Carolina-based theme park giant told CNN.
On Monday, Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, 42, of Atlanta, was ejected from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia and died, Cobb County police confirmed Tuesday. Authorities are still investigating the incident.
Although the coaster closed at Magic Mountain shared a name with the Georgia ride, the two were unrelated, with different manufacturers and layouts, according to Six Flags’ website. However, both were classified as hypercoasters, a designation for roller coasters with heights of 200 to 299 feet.
California’s Goliath had a 255-foot drop, while the Georgia coaster stood 200 feet tall, the minimum height for a hypercoaster. All nine temporarily closed coasters — 10 including the Georgia Goliath — stood at least 200 feet tall. Some reached the “giga coaster” category, with heights of 300 to 399 feet.
The affected coasters included Fury 325 and Thunder Striker at Carowinds in North Carolina; Orion and Diamondback at Kings Island in Ohio; Nitro at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey; and Raging Bull at Six Flags Great America in Illinois. Two other rides at Canada’s Wonderland in Ontario, Behemoth and Leviathan, also were closed.
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None of the rides at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo were included in the closures.
The Georgia incident and subsequent coaster closures came weeks after Six Flags permanently closed the X2 roller coaster at Magic Mountain following reports of deaths and brain injuries linked to the ride.
According to the Los Angeles Times, at least two people died and several others suffered permanent injuries during X2’s 24-year history. It reported that riders suffered brain bleeds and other injuries after riding the coaster, which spun passengers forward and backward while sending them toward the ground and sky.
This story was originally published October 13, 2026 at 9:04 AM with the headline “Six Flags closes another California coaster following Georgia park fatality.”
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