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Decapitation at Six Flags Over Georgia
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:39 pm
by dancinghomer
Just saw this on CNN.
Police: Teen decapitated at theme park.
Group of kids jumped a fence into a restricted area to either retrieve a dropped item or to "touch" the ride.
Pulled up these pictures from the
Roller coaster Database and I'm guessing they jumped the fence from the parking lot.
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:49 pm
by Switchbeam 9
Pure stupidity. That's all I really have to say about this.
Darwin won this round. Of all the idiotic things SGs do that can get them killed, 99.999% of the time Darwin is thwarted because of aware employees or layers of safety systems such as sensors. But in that rare case: this happens.
Re: Decapitation at Six Flags Over Georgia
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:16 pm
by Syndrome
The gene pool says, "Good riddance."
Re: Decapitation at Six Flags Over Georgia
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:23 pm
by BriDon51
I smell the family suing the park because the park didn't "do enough" to prevent it from happening.
Re: Decapitation at Six Flags Over Georgia
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:30 pm
by Sarah Magdalene
Syndrome wrote:The gene pool says, "Good riddance."
I say "Ditto".
The world does not need some people.
Re: Decapitation at Six Flags Over Georgia
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:03 pm
by Whazzup
The news item I read stated that witnesses said he was trying to retrieve a hat he had lost while on the ride. He climbed over two 6-foot fences with warning signs saying Off Limits and Danger. It's so sad that many teenagers' brains are missing that little bit of grey matter that tells them they are not invincible. :(
Re: Decapitation at Six Flags Over Georgia
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:26 pm
by felinefan
They should've electrified the fences.
Re: Decapitation at Six Flags Over Georgia
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:27 pm
by Syndrome
Another news item said he and some other kids got into that area because they thought it would be cool to grab at some friends' legs who were riding the coaster. That would make this an even bigger Darwinian cleansing than the hat thing if it's true.
Re: Decapitation at Six Flags Over Georgia
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:55 pm
by albino_pygmy
felinefan wrote:They should've electrified the fences.
And then the family will sue Six Flags for having deadly fences and need to pay for the numerous medical bills and pyschiatric help the kid will need now and for many years to come. The way it happened now was perfect, short and sweet, and probably made a big mess. That'll teach his friends to not be so stupid, hopefully.
Re: Decapitation at Six Flags Over Georgia
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:24 pm
by hobie16
albino_pygmy wrote:That'll teach his friends to not be so stupid, hopefully.
One news report stated one of his friends was with him. It could have been a two-fer Darwin event. :twisted: