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Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: June 29, 2008, 3:09 am
by valryte
A teenager was decapitated by a roller coaster after he hopped a pair of fences and entered a restricted area Saturday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities said.
Six Flags officials are uncertain why the unidentified 17-year-old from Columbia, S.C. scaled two six-foot fences and passed signs that said the restricted area was off-limits and dangerous to visitors, spokeswoman Hela Sheth said in a news release.
Authorities were investigating reports from witnesses who said the teenager jumped the fences to retrieve a hat he lost while riding the Batman roller coaster, said Cobb County police Sgt. Dana Pierce. Police have declined to release the teenager's name until an autopsy is completed.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25431893/
These are the kind of people that either get killed or get others killed on the fault of their own stupidity. I'm just glad he didn't get his friend killed.
Re: Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: June 29, 2008, 5:28 am
by Hesten
Anyone taking bets yet whether or not the parents will try to sue the amusement park?
Re: Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: June 29, 2008, 6:17 am
by valryte
If they do, I hope the riders sue the parents for their son endangering their lives!
Re: Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: June 29, 2008, 7:52 am
by Animalor
I love how the article then goes on to relay all the other accidents that have happened at Six Flags in the last 5 years.
Re: Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: June 29, 2008, 10:17 am
by noel
I saw that headline yesterday, and at first went, "oh no!". Then I read the article and went, "oh yes!"
What a fucking idiot.
Re: Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: June 30, 2008, 12:35 pm
by Xouqoa
Animalor wrote:I love how the article then goes on to relay all the other accidents that have happened at Six Flags in the last 5 years.
In May 2002, 58-year-old groundskeeper Samuel Milton Guyton of Atlanta was killed after he wandered in a restricted area under the Batman roller coaster's path and was struck in the head by the dangling leg of one of the ride's passengers. The ride was closed for a day to allow the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to inspect the ride. It was deemed safe for passengers.
I was there that day and in the line when it happened. I was upset I stood in line for an hour and a half only to be turned away halfway through because something happened.
They told us there was "a flood".
Re: Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: June 30, 2008, 12:56 pm
by Boogahz
Wasn't that during the CD Meet? I remember some of y'all complaining online before we knew what had caused the delay. I think it was the same one that Expedia screwed my flight up for.
Re: Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: June 30, 2008, 1:30 pm
by Truant
Yeah it was during the 2nd one. I wasn't at that one however.
Re: Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: June 30, 2008, 1:49 pm
by Psyloche
I don't remember any of that. I was probably there too!
Re: Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: June 30, 2008, 1:52 pm
by Boogahz
You probably drank the Inky punch!
Re: Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: June 30, 2008, 2:38 pm
by Truant
Psyloche wrote:I don't remember any of that. I was probably there too!
Best I remember (from the recounts obviously) was that not everyone went to Six Flags. The group kinda divided up and did two different activities.
Re: Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: June 30, 2008, 3:18 pm
by Canelek
It would be pretty cool to see a PoV cam of that.
Or, the "after" photo of the people riding in the cars behind.
Re: Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: July 1, 2008, 8:27 am
by Ashur
My dad lives in Atlanta - he said the latest suspicion was that the kid lost his hat while on the ride and was attempting to get it back.
He doesn't need it any more. He has nowhere to put it.
Re: Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: July 1, 2008, 10:53 am
by Aslanna
Ashur wrote:My dad lives in Atlanta - he said the latest suspicion was that the kid lost his hat while on the ride and was attempting to get it back.
It says that in the initial post!
Re: Cross another one off for natural selection...
Posted: July 1, 2008, 1:10 pm
by Canelek
Yeah, but time ticks a little bit slower down thar in Georgia.
