The Six Flags Coaster That Ejected a Rider

👉 You asked for it, so here's part 2: https://youtu.be/dThgh_BCdac What happened next? Members-only follow-up on Reconstructed Plus: https://youtu.be/GaPe53sha00 Join our newsletter, all News explained: https://reconstructed.news/goliath?m=desc Try kloudboard free for 14 days: https://kloudboard.com/r/reconstructed?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=goliath&utm_content=description TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reconstructednews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reconstructednews X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/reconstructedyt Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/@reconstructedtv Reconstructed: https://reconstructed.app All our channels: https://reconstructed.tv Sponsor a film: https://reconstructed.media Business inquiries: partnership@reconstructed.media ---- On Monday 12 October 2026, a little before 4 p.m., a man came out of his seat on Goliath, the 200-foot hyper coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia near Atlanta, and died. Cobb County Police named him on 13 October as Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, 42, of Atlanta, who worked for Atlanta Public Schools. Police say, from preliminary interviews, that he was ejected from the ride and struck other riders before falling beneath the attraction; several people were hurt. Police have not said why he came out of his seat. That same night Six Flags closed nine similar coasters at parks across the country. This film rebuilds the afternoon from the riders' and witnesses' own accounts, the train left on the lift hill, the lap bar that holds every rider, the Texas Giant fall of 2013 and what its control panel showed, and how Georgia inspects a ride: once a year, for sixty-five dollars. As of 14 October: Goliath has no seat belts, only individual lap bars (AP). Bolliger & Mabillard, which built it, says it is investigating. Georgia's Safety Fire Commissioner has inspectors examining the ride; its inspection records are not yet public. Six Flags Over Georgia reopens 16 October with Goliath closed; none of the nine coasters has a reopening date. No cause has been released. The 3D scenes are reconstructions; this film shows no image of the victim and no injury. 00:00 What really happened on Goliath 01:46 The seat, and the last run 05:36 Nine coasters 08:32 Car three 11:33 Once a year 14:00 What comes next Official records: · Georgia Safety Fire Commissioner, amusement ride inspections: https://oci.georgia.gov/inspections-permits-plans/amusements-rides · Georgia rule 120-3-27-.07, inspection fee and permit: https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/georgia/Ga-Comp-R-Regs-R-120-3-27-.07 · Congressional Record, Rep. Markey, 4 Apr 2001: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2001-pt4/html/CRECB-2001-pt4-Pg5790-2.htm · U.S. CPSC, ride injuries and deaths, 2005: https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/pdfs/amus2005.pdf Reporting: ABC News, Atlanta News First, CBS DFW, CBS Los Angeles, CBS News Atlanta, CNN, Cobb County Courier, FOX 32 Chicago, FOX 5 Atlanta, Fox News, Gray News, KLTV, KTVU / FOX 5 Atlanta, NBC Chicago, NBC DFW, NBC Los Angeles, NBC News, NBC News / NBC 5 Investigates, NBC News / NBC DFW, NPR, New York Post, USA TODAY, WSB-TV via Yahoo. Upload-day facts: AP, NBC News, FOX 5 Atlanta, CBS News Atlanta, Atlanta News First. Witness accounts as given to NBC News, FOX 5 Atlanta and Atlanta News First. Goliath photos are file photos (before its 2025 repaint). Photos: public domain (U.S. government works and Wikimedia Commons), by CillanXC at English Wikipedia, Coasterman1234 at English Wikipedia, DD Lover, Thomson200, U.S. House of Representatives, brandon walker, the Architect of the Capitol. CC photos (Wikimedia Commons): Cncxbox (BY-SA 3.0); Coasterman1234 (BY-SA 3.0); Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia (BY-SA 3.0); Coasterswim at en.wikipedia (BY-SA 3.0); Corey Coyle (BY 3.0); DXR (BY-SA 4.0); Feather Better (BY 4.0); Georgia National Guard from United State (BY 2.0); Jeff Turner from Santa Clarita, CA, Unit (BY 2.0); Jeremy Thompson (BY 2.0); Jeremy Thompson from United States of Am (BY 2.0); Larry Felton Johnson, Cobb County Courie (BY-SA 4.0); Loadmaster (BY-SA 3.0); Marc Merlin (BY-SA 4.0); Martin Lewison (BY 4.0); Martin Lewison from Forest Hills, NY, U. (BY-SA 2.0); Mbrstooge at English Wikipedia (BY-SA 3.0); Michael Barera (BY-SA 4.0); Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas (BY 2.0); NoonIcarus (BY-SA 3.0); SFOTPR (BY-SA 3.0); ThrillZing (BY 4.0); hagerman (BY 2.0); https://www.flickr.com/photos/rollercoas (BY 2.0). Headlines shown: Arlington Police report, via NBC DFW, CBS News Atlanta, CNN, FOX 32 Chicago, FOX 32 Chicago (carrying the Six Flags statement), Georgia Safety Fire Commissioner, Gray News, NBC News, Rep. Edward J. Markey, Congressional Record, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, USA TODAY. #SixFlags #Goliath #SixFlagsOverGeorgia #RollerCoaster