Six Flags Goliath roller coaster death: What we know

42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta died Monday after falling off the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia near Atlanta. The ride has a top speed of 70 mph and a top height of 200 feet, according to Six Flags.

Onlookers at the park described seeing Kariem fall out of the coaster car and hit it three times before falling onto the roof of a haunted house attraction below. Six Flags has closed nine rides across its parks after the death, a spokesperson for the company said yesterday. The park is on weekend operations and is scheduled to open on Friday, the spokesperson said.

0:00 Man who fell to his death from roller coaster Goliath identified
0:47 CNN’s Isabel Rosales reports from the scene
3:30 Atlanta Public Schools statement
4:01 Report from CNN affiliate WANF

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