Boy Decapitated at Six Flags Amusement Park

[Gio Takahashi]

COBB COUNTY, Ga. (MyFox Atlanta) ? Investigators with Cobb County police said a boy was decapitated at Six Flags amusement park Saturday.

Authorities said the incident happened just after 2:00 p.m. Saturday. A church group went to the amusement park and a group of boys with the group jumped a fence and entered an area that was marked off limits.

One of the boys jumped up and tried to grab someone's feet who was on the Batman ride. The boy ended up being decapitated.

Investigators did not release the boy's age, name or the name of the church the boy was traveling with.

Source (http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=6871329&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1)

The fact of this story conflicts with another that I hard last night. In another article (I can't get the link now), it mentioned that the boy may have been looking for his hat. And no 'group of boys' just a single boy.

It never mentioned that he was trying to grab someone's feet o_O
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And the parents would have a case if they kid was 10 but he was actually 17. At that point he should be responsible enough to not need constant supervision. If I went to Canada's Wonderland with a group of 17 year olds, I would fully allow them to go off on their own and meet up later.

The park also had their bases covered by providing fences and warnings.

[RonDo]

Boy, that would have been a sight to see. Remember, don't go to restricted areas.

[Aingeleag]

There's a lesson here: Don't be blatantly stupid.
Seriously, there's no reason for that.

[deathofcheese]

I heard an update to this last night. The boys were trying to sneak back into the park by jumping the fence. I hadn't heard that they were attempting to grab someone's foot, but I could see it happening. The ride's train didn't look like it was taller than the people sitting on it (The Batman; people's feet seem to hang down farther than the car does itself) so if he was trying to grab someone's foot, then someone had to have kicked his head off. Did anyone have a broken foot?

[RonDo]

I heard an update to this last night. The boys were trying to sneak back into the park by jumping the fence. I hadn't heard that they were attempting to grab someone's foot, but I could see it happening. The ride's train didn't look like it was taller than the people sitting on it (The Batman; people's feet seem to hang down farther than the car does itself) so if he was trying to grab someone's foot, then someone had to have kicked his head off. Did anyone have a broken foot?

The previous incident for Batman was someone getting kicked in the head.

[Z]

Wowza. Thats pretty insane.

[Killer_Man_]

I bet those other kids shat themselves when they saw it.

[DoomKitty]

Well he shouldnt be stupid. One less moron to reproduce.

[Seegtease]

Of course all dangerous areas will be blocked off, and they can't be held responsible for trespassers.

It's sad that he got his head knocked off, but seriously. If he grabbed somebody's foot successfully, they BOTH could have died.

In a way, knowing that he died, I feel safer.

[Gio Takahashi]

There was a story, a couple of years ago, where a girl's legs got caught on something and she ended up losing them. That's pretty sad. Somehow she had one of them surgically re-attached, and another gone.

[Killer_Man_]

I heard the first one from what Duo said. That is as we're going up the coaster, then I remember as well going up my aunt was like, OH HEY SOMEONE RECENTLY DIED ON THIS THING FROM SEATBELT MALFUNCTION!?! I was like scared shitless cause I was 12.

I still didn't really want to go on it cause of the whole you know, 'heights issue.'

[Bloodcinder]

I think it's safe to say that in a fit of excitement this guy lost his head.



HA HA HA. [Face of exploding face.]

[Gio Takahashi]

Even I facepalmed to that.

[deathofcheese]

:headdesk:

[Killer_Man_]

Shit happens Duo, shit happens. I will never ride any of that shit again.