Police are investigating after a man fell to his death from a roller coaster at a Six Flags near Atlanta, watched by other visitors to the amusement park as he was catapulted from the ride.
Officials have not confirmed how the man died Monday at Six Flags Over Georgia in Austell, about 15 miles (24 kilometres) northwest of Atlanta.
No information has been released about the condition of several others who were hurt.
Cobb County Police Department major crimes unit detectives are investigating.
Authorities and Six Flags did not identify the ride associated with the man’s death, but local TV stations showed video of passengers being evacuated from the Goliath roller coaster.
Logan Conner said he was on the Goliath with his fiancée when he saw the man come out of his seat.
“The man started levitating in the air sideways,” he told NBC.
“We made direct eye contact with him.”
Britny Landry had been on the ride earlier Monday and was waiting in line to go again.
She could see part of the Goliath track.
“We just look, and I just see somebody fly out,” she told KTVU-TV. She said she wasn’t sure if that’s what she saw at first.
“Maybe somebody had a bag or something.”
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation temporarily closed nine roller coasters across six amusement parks, “out of an abundance of caution,” according to a company spokesperson, who said staff members and local authorities responded immediately and that the park is cooperating with the investigation.
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