Six Flags Over Georgia Goliath Incident (12-Oct-2026)

[Magic-Man]

Six Flags Over Georgia has closed early. Police dispatch has reported someone fell off Goliath. Three people involved. Will update as information becomes available.

 

[davidm]

Lot of people talking in this reddit thread ; some consistency in the stories but nothing official yet

https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoasters/comments/1x4chq6/six_flags_over_georgia/

Clip of them evac-ing the other train from the lift hill - (the presumed affected train having returned to the station)

https://twitter.com/x/status/2109748471444246651

 

[CanobieFan]

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

 

[Bentleya]

For those not in the USA.

 

[spicy]

This is terrible. Sounds like restraint failure as people reporting seeing the restraint open as it pulled back into the station.

Not sure how that is even possible.

 

[Callum]

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Sounds pretty awful. Thoughts go out to all involved.

Park has obviously closed, and all B&M Hypers across the chain have now closed too.

 

[CaliAngel]

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.

 

[CanobieFan]

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.

 

[Hyde]

Absolutely bizarre, and so many factors/unanswered questions for how this played out; hoping investigation yields light fast, especially if it was a mechanical failure on the harness.

 

[Screaming Coasters]

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]

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.

Shockingly in the ORP the restraint is indeed open..

 

[i305_zack]

IMO I just looked at the ORP and it looks like it is not in fact open, but with only one click put in place. This is just my angle of view and how I am looking at it.

 

[lukpac]

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.

Why shouldn't he have been on the ride?

IMO I just looked at the ORP and it looks like it is not in fact open, but with only one click put in place. This is just my angle of view and how I am looking at it.

It's definitely open.