# Six Flags to fit seatbelts on nine rides after fatal ejection

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/six-flags-adds-important-safety-feature-after-teacher-plummeted-to-his-death-on-rollercoaster/
- Published: 2026-10-24T19:18:09+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T19:32:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16235921/six-flags-seatbelts-goliath-rollercoaster-teacher-dies-georgia.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Six Flags will fit seatbelts to nine rollercoasters.
- The change follows a fatal fall on Georgia’s Goliath ride.
- All nine rides are temporarily closed for safety reviews.

## Summary

Six Flags says it will add seatbelts to nine rollercoasters after Hassan Kariem, 42, died when he was thrown from his seat on the Goliath at its Georgia park. The move is part of a wider review of ride safety following the incident, which also left four people injured.

The Goliath and the other eight rides are temporarily closed while checks take place. Six Flags chief executive John Reilly said the company is consulting independent engineers and ride inspection specialists. Investigators are examining the Goliath’s restraints, locking mechanisms and safety sensors; witnesses said they heard unusual clicking before the ride began, though the cause of the death remains under investigation.

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