r/news • u/Bloated_Hamster • 7h ago

Visitor dies after accident on Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia

https://www.waff.com/2026/10/12/visitor-dies-after-accident-goliath-six-flags-over-georgia/
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u/Defacto_Champ 6h ago

The local news video out of Georgia on 11 alive said the son of the passenger who flew out of his seat was next to him on the ride 

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u/Sidewalk_Tomato 5h ago

Goddammit. Hard enough losing a parent, worse to have PTSD from the violence and suddenness of it happening right there next to you. And now so many people have seen it.

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u/MarlenaEvans 3h ago

And losing them like that on a day where things were especially fun and exciting. There's no good time to lose someone but the emotional whiplash has to be horrible.

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u/Dont-Really-Matter 3h ago

Poor kid is never going to an amusement park ever again, that's for sure.

I don't think anyone there will tbh.

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u/Sidewalk_Tomato 3h ago

I specifically worry that he will blame himself if he was super hype to go to the park, or on the ride. He & his family are going to need so much therapy.

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u/Dont-Really-Matter 2h ago

Dude it took me months to mentally get over a car accident that I literally did not contribute to in any way. I can't imagine how they are feeling 😢

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u/skyerippa 1h ago

Oh god... I never even considered that...what if he begged his dad to go on with him. Im welling up

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u/SweetandSourCaroline 2h ago

like the father/son in the OceanGate explosion…

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u/BearHoonie 5h ago

Yea just watched the same video. The mother and daughter were at the bottom waiting. The son was next to him when he flew out. He hit a girl a few rows back.

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u/steamyglory 3h ago

OMG the girl must have been injured too

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u/CarlySimonSays 1h ago

That poor girl could have been killed too, how awful. We all know just from drivers' ed videos, about how unrestrained bodies in accidents can hurt others.

As someone who is small and has had trouble not feeling totally secured on amusement park rides, I don't know if I'll ever go on one of the big ones ever again. (Scariest was in middle school, when the lap bar on one of those ship rides didn't reach my legs and I had to hold on for dear life.) The nightmares are enough!

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u/FixIndependent8094 2h ago

eyewitnesses said her white skirt was covered in blood.

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u/MzOpinion8d 2h ago

Probably hit her face and caused a nosebleed. Absolutely unbelievable.

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u/Penguin_shit15 1h ago

I saw a pic of it somewhere on here.. I didn't look though, just the thumbnail was all I saw, and I couldn't tell what it was.. But your description fits.

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u/MzOpinion8d 1h ago

The 12 yr old brother of the boy who was decapitated at Schlitterbahn was waiting at the bottom of the ride when the boy’s body got to the end.

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u/InvertedJennyanydots 3h ago

That's a horror movie scenario that his poor son just experienced in real life.. I hope counseling is immediately made available to him, though I fear Six Flags will fear that offering it is an admission of liability. I hope someone is getting the son connected to immediate therapy though. They were just trying to have a nice day as a family at a theme park. It's just incredibly sad.

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u/hmtee3 3h ago

That child’s face is heartbreaking in the photo.

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u/ohhhaley 2h ago

Yeah, it’s a whole other level of devastating. I feel bad saying I wish I hadn’t seen the photo, when the young man had to see his dad plummet to his death. I sincerely hope the family gets an astronomical payout after suing the park and ride manufacturer.

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u/Coderkid01 1h ago

The manufacturer is not at fault here. This is their only fatal incident in their history if i recall. Definitely the park itself.

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u/anaccount50 3h ago edited 2h ago

I’ve seen the photos and his son (EDIT: not confirmed that was his son, there’s another smaller person on the other side of him too) had his head turned towards him when it happened. That poor child, I really hope he gets a ton of professional help with dealing with something so terrible

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u/Much_Discipline_7303 2h ago

I also feel for the person who sat to the right of the victim. You can see the look of pure horror on his face

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u/anaccount50 2h ago

I figured that was his son but yeah I don’t know that for sure. Since the two people to his left seem to be facing each other I assumed that only left the one on his right as his son but I’m not sure

Edited the original comment to point out it’s not confirmed the one looking at him is his son

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u/Trailerparkqueen 1h ago

Can you show the picture?

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u/anaccount50 1h ago

Sorry but no. I’m not sure if it’s against the rules (most subs seem to be removing it) and I honestly don’t feel comfortable sharing it myself.

If you really want to see it, it’s pretty widely available on certain social media platforms with less moderation

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u/ohhhaley 4h ago

That poor boy. I cannot imagine.

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u/SweetandSourCaroline 2h ago

how awful!!! that poor child and family. does anyone know if you sign a waiver when you get a ticket? i haven’t been as an adult. the family needs to sue.

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u/AverageAwndray 5h ago

Well.....yeah