The chief executive of Six Flags says the company will install seat belts on the Georgia roller coaster from which a rider fell to his death earlier this month. The company’s rides with similar restraints will also get the safety upgrade.
The theme park operator announced the extra safeguard less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta died after being ejected from his seat on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.
I’ve never ridden Goliath, but I would’ve just assumed it had seatbelts already, in addition to the bar, just because it’s so big and (relatively) new. I could’ve sworn I remember at least one of the other coasters at Six Flags over Georgia already having them, but I can’t remember which one(s). Maybe Mindbender?
You may be right about the Mind Bender. The Scream Machine needed seatbelts but I don’t believe had them, Batman, Ninja, and Superman rides all had the over the shoulder(and in the case of Superman over the whole torso).