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Six Flags Over Georgia Goliath Incident (12-Oct-2026)
- Thread starter Magic-Man
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davidm
Strata Poster
Lot of people talking in this reddit thread ; some consistency in the stories but nothing official yet
Clip of them evac-ing the other train from the lift hill - (the presumed affected train having returned to the station)
Clip of them evac-ing the other train from the lift hill - (the presumed affected train having returned to the station)
CanobieFan
Strata Poster
1 dead, Goliath ride at Six Flags Over Georgia evacuated
Goliath riders were being evacuated four at a time.
www.wsbtv.com
News Now reporting one dead.
So, if someone did fall from the ride... this would be the first time in B&M's history such an event has occurred
Callum
Roller Poster
CaliAngel
Mega Poster
I can almost guaran-freakin'-tee that no restraint "popped open." There are reduncencies put in place on most especially B&M restraints. It just. Doesn't. Happen.
Unconfirmed but sounds like this gentleman was denied access on every other ride except this one, and should not have been on the ride. This is a New Texas Giant/Intamin Superman hyper situation all over again.
Avoidable by all means, but absolutely terrible.
Unconfirmed but sounds like this gentleman was denied access on every other ride except this one, and should not have been on the ride. This is a New Texas Giant/Intamin Superman hyper situation all over again.
Avoidable by all means, but absolutely terrible.
CanobieFan
Strata Poster
So, I'm not going to post the photo here.....but the incident actually occurred where the on-ride photo is taken ....and it did indeed catch the man falling. It's not graphic, but it is pretty shocking to see his body roll over the seats behind his row and seeing the lap bar from his seat completely up as well as the shock and terror in the other riders eyes as they witness it happening.
Screaming Coasters
Strata Poster
I wonder the knock-on effects this is going to have on all B&M clamshells across the globe. They’re already very restrictive when it comes to guest dimensions, I can imagine it’s about to get worse.
catsounds
Mega Poster
Shockingly in the ORP the restraint is indeed open..
lukpac
Roller Poster
MidlifeCoasterCrisis
Roller Poster
I was shocked to hear this news. This is a terrible tragedy. My heart goes out to the family of this man. I hope they find out exactly what happened. Up until now, B&M has never had a restraint failure. From what I understand, there are redundancies in place in case one lock fails. I seriously hope that there was some other issue. I've always felt safe on their hypers and gigas.
Coasterfreck
Hyper Poster
This is terrible news, and my thoughts go to the riders family, the other riders on the train as well as the staff members working on the ride at the time.
I’ve not ridden an B&M hyper, but I’m assuming the clamshell restraints are using a ratchet lock system, this lock system can by nature pop up by one if the restraint is forced down to tightly on the rider.
For context I had a friend recently go to Europa Park, who was unable to ride Silver Star as the restraint needed three clicks, and was only able to get two. If the rider restraint was forced down to the minimum, say one click, and the ride sensors cleared it for dispatch at the one click, then I think that goes down to operational/maintenance negligence instead of a B&M mechanical failure itself.
I’ve not ridden an B&M hyper, but I’m assuming the clamshell restraints are using a ratchet lock system, this lock system can by nature pop up by one if the restraint is forced down to tightly on the rider.
For context I had a friend recently go to Europa Park, who was unable to ride Silver Star as the restraint needed three clicks, and was only able to get two. If the rider restraint was forced down to the minimum, say one click, and the ride sensors cleared it for dispatch at the one click, then I think that goes down to operational/maintenance negligence instead of a B&M mechanical failure itself.
GeminiOP03
Roller Poster
This is looking like another "he shouldn't have been allowed to ride" accident. There's a reason the ride requires at least 3 clicks, or the green bar showing at the base for someone to ride.
When I visited in July, I noticed a inordinate number of large obese guests in the park, more than I've seen anywhere else. Most of them sat around the entrances watching with sweat towels, but a few attempted (unsuccessfully) to ride the coasters.
I wonder if the ride op saw how snug he fit in the lapbar and made a very poor judgement call.
When I visited in July, I noticed a inordinate number of large obese guests in the park, more than I've seen anywhere else. Most of them sat around the entrances watching with sweat towels, but a few attempted (unsuccessfully) to ride the coasters.
I wonder if the ride op saw how snug he fit in the lapbar and made a very poor judgement call.
spicy
Giga Poster
Surely it wouldn’t be able to dispatch without the restraint being at the required level. The ride op can’t override that.
Could be down to poor maintenance or using third party replacement parts or something like that but just shouldn’t happen at a major park operator like Six Flags.
MannekenPis
Mega Poster
You can't almost guarantee anything of the sort, wait for the investigation. And if the man was too big (which we don't know yet), that's on the park not him. If I get on a ride and lapbar clicks, I'd assume I fit, if it needs to click more the operator knows that not me, and safety systems should prevent dispatch anyway (if that's what happened). This isn't some hidden injury that the operator can't be expected to know about. Something terrible has gone wrong here, and we will have to wait to find out what.
Poor man and his family, and everyone else on the train must have been terrified.
Sorry but what is all this rubbish about 'two clicks, three clicks' are ride operators supposed to manually watch every guest push their restraint down and count the number of clicks now? Surely if the ride system shows a green light and safe to dispatch then it's good to go, and if it isn't good to go then it can't be dispatched?
If that ride has allowed to be dispatched then the restrain system has met requirements. The only way this could be put back to negligence is if the guest has somehow managed to manipulate the system by not sitting in the seat correctly and therefore not being restrained effectively.
If that ride has allowed to be dispatched then the restrain system has met requirements. The only way this could be put back to negligence is if the guest has somehow managed to manipulate the system by not sitting in the seat correctly and therefore not being restrained effectively.
Chris Brown
Mr CoasterForce 2016
I know nothing of the clamshell restraint design or patent and I'm not going to pretend to, but, could we be seeing a slow erosion of the mechanical restraint ratchet system which has lead to mechanical failure? I know there are redundancy measures, but, if the 'second' redundancy measure is a mechanical system which is never tested or put to use because of the reliability of the first redundancy system, could that have failed too? Given we know the train cannot leave the station without all lapbars being locked and cleared it points to some form of failure mid ride.
I've seen the ORP, its not graphic but it is shocking. I cant quite tell if the restraint is fully open, it certainly looks to be, but, I cant really remember just how far the older style clamshells, compared to say, Shambhala's, which open out really far.
Edit: Just had a nosey at Goliath in the station with its restraints fully open, I dont believe the restraint is fully open, but the angle of the ORP does make it quite hard to tell. It not being fully open doesnt mean to say that it didnt fail, as I imagine forces / the rider would stop it immediately going back to its upright position.
Not going to post the ORP for obvious reasons.
I've seen the ORP, its not graphic but it is shocking. I cant quite tell if the restraint is fully open, it certainly looks to be, but, I cant really remember just how far the older style clamshells, compared to say, Shambhala's, which open out really far.
Edit: Just had a nosey at Goliath in the station with its restraints fully open, I dont believe the restraint is fully open, but the angle of the ORP does make it quite hard to tell. It not being fully open doesnt mean to say that it didnt fail, as I imagine forces / the rider would stop it immediately going back to its upright position.
Not going to post the ORP for obvious reasons.
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Yeah looking at the ORP, it looks partially open but it certainly didn't spring open fully (assuming the photo is legitimate).
Really awful thing to happen and I feel terrible for his family and anyone who had to see it. Interested to hear what happened when the investigation is eventually closed, which I imagine will be weeks or months.
Really awful thing to happen and I feel terrible for his family and anyone who had to see it. Interested to hear what happened when the investigation is eventually closed, which I imagine will be weeks or months.