A family trip to Six Flags turned into an unimaginable nightmare Monday when a father plunged to his death from Georgia’s tallest roller coaster while riding alongside his son, leaving horrified witnesses scrambling to comprehend what they had just seen.
The unidentified man was reportedly thrown from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Austell, just outside Atlanta, during a Columbus Day outing with his family.
His son was riding with him when the tragedy unfolded, while his wife and daughter watched from the ground, according to local television station WXIA.
Witnesses described the horrifying moment the man suddenly left his seat, striking parts of the roller coaster multiple times before reportedly landing on the roof of a nearby haunted house attraction.
One parkgoer claimed the terrifying fall was even captured in a souvenir photograph taken during the ride.
“He was in our pictures,” the witness told WXIA. “He fell and hit the car three different times.”
Another rider, Logan Conner, who was aboard Goliath with his fiancée, recalled the chilling moment he realized something had gone terribly wrong.
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She claims his wife and daughter were at the bottom of the rollercoaster and had “no idea” he fell off, but that his son, who was seated next to him, saw the whole thing.
The woman also claims that the security would not let them off the ride for a long time and staff was just “staring” at them while they were covered in the man’s bl00d.
Reporter: “He fell onto you all?”
Female Rider: “He did. He fell. He didn’t fall directly onto us. He fell onto a girl two rows in front of us. He fell and hit the cart three different times. They got it right where the pictures for the Goliath is tooken. He was in our pictures.”
Male Rider: “We got down the ramp, you could see him above us. We were all We were at bottom screaming. So then you could see him above us flying off the cart in the pictures.”
Female Rider: “He looked Oh, God. He smashed down. His son was sitting right beside him. His wife and daughter were not on the ride. They were at the bottom and had no idea. His son watched it all.”
Reporter: “So it’s a man who fell off?”
Female Rider: “Uh, yes, sir. Yes, uh, a man fell off the Goliath ride.”
Reporter: “And he hit you guys as he was falling?”
Female Rider: “Yes, sir. He, he hit the girl, uh, two rows in front of us, uh, on the Goliath ride, right where the pictures are tooken.”
Male Rider: “He come off of the ride and smashed back down onto the cart three times.”
Female Rider: “He’s in our Goliath pictures, the pictures that they take- Yes that you can keep. Yes. He is in our pictures out of the cart and everything. We’re- His bl00d splattered over everybody, and his body fell behind the, one of the haunted attractions.”
Male Rider: “I got his bl00d splattered on my bre- breast pocket.”
Female Rider: “We have pants right beside us with his bl00d on it. wasn’t. We got to the end of the ride, and they would not let us off. They kept us on the ride for, like, five minutes and just kept staring at us and would not let us off.”
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Conner said the man “started levitating in the air sideways.”
“We made direct eye contact with him,” he added.
The horrifying scene also unfolded in front of Brittany Landry, who was waiting to board another attraction approximately 150 feet away.
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Landry said she witnessed “somebody fly out and just fly into the woods” before learning that the man had died.
“I broke down,” she recalled. “I just broke down.”
“I broke because we were just on there. We were just, we were on there.”
Emergency responders rushed to the amusement park shortly before 4 p.m., where authorities confirmed one person had died and several others were injured.
The Cobb County Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit has launched an investigation into the deadly incident.
Officials have not publicly identified the victim or determined what caused him to fall from the ride. The circumstances surrounding the additional injuries also remain unclear.
Six Flags released a statement expressing condolences to the victim’s family and confirming its cooperation with investigators.
“We are deeply saddened by the guest incident at our park today. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with the guest’s family, friends, and loved ones. We are also providing support to the guests and team members affected,” a park spokesperson said.
“The park team and local authorities responded immediately, and we are cooperating fully with local authorities as they complete their investigation. Out of respect for the family’s privacy, we will not be sharing additional details at this time.”
Video circulating online showed stranded passengers being carefully escorted down an emergency staircase after the massive roller coaster was brought to a halt.
Goliath, which opened in 2006, towers 200 feet above the park and reaches speeds of approximately 70 mph during its three-and-a-half-minute ride.
Following the fatal accident, Six Flags temporarily shut down nine roller coasters across six amusement parks as a precaution.
Investigators must now determine how a routine amusement park ride ended in tragedy, with particular attention on the circumstances that allowed the man to leave his seat.
For one family, what should have been a holiday filled with excitement instead ended with a father never coming home.
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