Preventable fatal accident at Six Flags over Georgia

[Category 5]

To a degree, but the 'child' in question was 17.

I agree though a 17 year old should have more sense then that.

[gtalum]

This is 100% the teen's fault, and nobody else's. There will be a lawsuit, and unfortunately I'm sure Six Flags will settle, but in the end it's all the "victim"'s fault.

[Category 5]

This will be an interesting case.

[gtalum]

It's really sad that teenagers, or this generation period, are so Stupid.

This generation is no crazier or more stupid than the last or any other. All teenagers do stupid things. It's part of growing up. Unfortunately, some do much crazier things than the rest, and those things tend to have bad consequences.

[Dionne]

The ride has a history of accidents. The need for a double fence tells the story.

As far as teenagers being careless or crazy and risking their lives........no doubt, we've all been a bit wild. When I was 19.......the Army sent me to a land far, far away and let me shoot people. The consequences of that tour have remained with me all my life.

This young man at 17 was the result of a tragic accident. I heard on the news that the ride remains closed.

[Jason_B]

I've never been to Six Flags, but I can't see myself (let alone a group of people) jumping a fence into a restricted area and not being seen by some sort of staff member or employee at Disney World or Universal. I know this was his own fault but maybe Six Flags needs to invest in some better surveillance to prevent something like this happening again.

[CajunMama]

I just watched a video on cnn.com and the young man scaled two fences to get where he was and the fences were clearly marked. What else can the park do? It's time people started taking responsibility for their own actions. While i feel for the family this could have been prevented if the young man had just obeyed park rules.

Teen killed by roller coaster 1:24
A 17-year-old was decapitated by a roller coaster after police say he hopped two fences. WXIA's Duffie Dixon reports.

Further down the page...

The story
A teenager Saturday was struck and killed by a roller coaster at the Six Flags Over Georgia theme park outside Atlanta, authorities said.

The 17-year-old park visitor was killed after scaling two fences -- one of which was six feet tall -- around the Batman roller coaster, park spokeswoman Hela Sheth said in a statement.

The teen, who visiting the park with a church group from Springfield, South Carolina, was decapitated, she said

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/28/theme.park.fatality/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

[MGC]

Six Flags needs to install razor wire on the top of the fence.....MGC

[Stephanie]

Six Flags needs to install razor wire on the top of the fence.....MGC

They'd probably get sued if some idiot decided to scale the fence again and gets cut...

[Rainband]

Six Flags needs to install razor wire on the top of the fence.....MGC

They'd probably get sued if some idiot decided to scale the fence again and gets cut...

Amen. Sorry but it was the kids fault no one else.

[Category 5]

Six flags has no responsibility here.

[abajan]

About 90 years ago, my grandmother sat next to a lady in a bus whose head was decapitated by another bus going in the opposite direction when she stuck it out the window to look for a package she'd dropped .

Grandma vividly carried that memory to her death in 1991. Stuff like that lives with you. So I pray the witnesses to the Six Flags incident cope as best they can.

[Stephanie]

About 90 years ago, my grandmother sat next to a lady in a bus whose head was decapitated by another bus going in the opposite direction when she stuck it out the window to look for a package she'd dropped .

Grandma vividly carried that memory to her death in 1991. Stuff like that lives with you. So I pray the witnesses to the Six Flags incident cope as best they can.

Oh dear LORD!!! She must've had awful nightmares!