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Six Flags says it will install seat belts on Georgia roller coaster after rider's death

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 5:03 PM · 1 min read
Six Flags says it will install seat belts on Georgia roller coaster after rider's death — WPLG Local 10, Coconut Creek Business news
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The chief executive of Six Flags says the company will install seat belts on the Georgia roller coaster from which a rider fell to his death earlier this month. The company's rides with similar restraints will also get the safety upgrade.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 his seat on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.“We are reinforcing safety precautions at our parks and taking additional measures, including adding seat belts on Goliath and other coasters with a similar restraint,” John Reilly, president and CEO of Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, said in a statement Friday.Goliath remains shut down while state and local officials investigate the Oct. 12 death.Reilly didn't specify which other Six Flags coasters will get seat belts. But it has temporarily closed eight additional roller coasters at five other parks in the U.S. and Canada. Those rides

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