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/karmagirl314 6h ago

Just saw the photo accidentally, I feel horrible for this man and his family, for what happened and for those photos of it happening being circulated publicly.

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u/HolycommentMattman 2h ago

I mean, how could it not? It's in the goddamn after-ride pictures. People probably saw that and started snapping photos immediately.

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u/I_am_the_darkness_99 1h ago

At Disney World photos of your death cost extra.

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u/say592 1h ago

I mean, they could have shut off the monitors or something (is that still how it works? I haven't been to a park in a long time). You would think they would have some kind of protocol for this.

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u/Foreign-Rabbit-1169 1h ago

As a former WDW cast member, I said the same thing.. I can only speak for Disney World in Orlando, but any inappropriate ride photos are removed before guests get off and are never shown to them.

Also, the amount of boobs, middle fingers, etc. in ride photos at a Disney park that get removed is crazy lol.

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u/Adorable_Decision267 1h ago

You would think they would have a protocol for shutting off the screens if a man flies out of the ride?

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u/SquashSouffle 38m ago

Yeah, seems like all attention would be on checking his safety at the moment

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u/Some1-Somewhere 2h ago

I guess they're now going to link the ride photo stations to the E-stops.

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u/159551771 3h ago

being circulated publicly

I totally hear you and also six flags would lie their ass off if they weren't. 

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u/say592 1h ago

Eh, it's hard to cover up a death. There will be 911 records, the responding ambulance, the coroner's office, the family, and of course everyone that was there that day and saw it.

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u/Unable-Log-4870 2h ago edited 59m ago

Any idea how to find that photo? I can’t get my head around the geometry going on.

Edit to add: here is the (official) video of the ride (when working normally). The ejection happened about the 1:45 mark as the ride tilts left and then turns left, following a drop. My guess is the restraint came loose in the drop, then the ride tilts left, and he doesn’t tilt with it, and drifts up and to the right (relative to the coaster car) and then he gets drug along the top of the other riders as they are being accelerated forward while he is not. And the coaster turns left, and he continues straight, onto the roof of the building.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=M-gfd0WnWO8 skip to 1 minute in to get past where the the coaster is being pulled up.

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u/159551771 2h ago

If you start a chat with me I can send it to you 

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u/Unable-Log-4870 2h ago

I got it, thx

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u/159551771 1h ago

Ok cool!

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u/ohhhaley 2h ago

Look it up on X

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u/pr1mal0ne 2h ago

sad that that is now the underbelly where all non-approved things can be found.

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u/Unable-Log-4870 1h ago

Non-approved? It’s just a pic of a dude very clearly not in the seat of the coaster. Yeah, shit is going wrong, but it’s not gory.

The problems with Twitter are MUCH bigger and deeper than images that may upset some people’s stomachs.

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u/ThisIsRealLife19 20m ago

“It’s just a pic of a dude very clearly not in the seat of the coaster” no it’s not “just a pic.” It’s a man’s terrifying last moments alive. It captures the trauma of a kid realizing his dad is no longer beside him. Gory or not, this photo absolutely should be considered non-approved