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looorg [soylentnews.org] writes:

Six Flags announced Tuesday it will permanently shutter its most famous roller coaster, ... investigation exposed a long history of life-altering injuries and deaths linked to the ride.

Six Flags Magic Mountain President Brian Oerding wrote in a blog post Tuesday that while its X2 roller coaster has “consistently passed a multitude of safety tests, we have decided to close the ride because we believe it’s the right thing to do.”

... more than 100 new victims have come forward alleging X2-related brain injuries of varying severity sustained after riding the roller coaster in the last two years alone.

Hawley, who died from a traumatic brain injury hours after riding X2 four years ago

So did you ride the X2? Was it fun? Or a death-trap?

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/29/us/six-flags-roller-coaster-x2-invs [cnn.com]

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