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Six Flags to close X2 roller coaster following reported deaths
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After a CNN investigation revealed life-altering injuries and deaths linked to Six Flags' most famous roller coaster, the company announced Tuesday it will permanently close the ride.
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X2, the groundbreaking Six Flags Magic Mountain roller coaster at the center of legal claims alleging it caused traumatic brain injuries, is closing permanently, the Valencia theme park's president announced Tuesday morning.
By Chelsea Hylton Six Flags Magic Mountain has announced it has “decided to permanently retire” its X2 roller coaster. In a statement on Tuesday, Magic Mountain President Brian Oerding said that after almost 20 years, they’ve decided to retire the roller coaster.
Six Flags Magic Mountain has announced the permanent closure of its X2 roller coaster following rising legal claims regarding rider safety and brain injuries. Six Flags Magic Mountain Park President Brian Oerding confirmed in an operational update on Tuesday that the theme park located in Santa Clar…
The X2 rollercoaster, which is the subject of multiple lawsuits, has been permanently closed, the president of Six Flags Magic Mountain announced Tuesday.
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. is permanently retiring the X2 roller coaster, which has been the subject of lawsuits alleging that the ride caused brain injuries.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six Flags Magic Mountain is retiring its famous X2 roller coaster amid lawsuits alleging serious brain injury caused by the ride. The Southern California theme park said Tuesday that it is permanently shuttering the ride after nearly 20 years.
Six Flags voluntarily closed the ride and suggested guest confidence was affected amid lawsuits alleging neurological damage and one settled lawsuit alleging wrongful death.
The Southern California theme park recently settled a wrongful-death lawsuit from the family of a 22-year-old man who died after riding the X2 coaster in 2022.
Six Flags Magic Mountain in California announced that it would permanently close the X2 coaster after passengers suffered a string of serious injuries.
X2, the groundbreaking Six Flags Magic Mountain roller coaster at the center of legal claims alleging it caused traumatic brain injuries, is closing permanently.
More than 100 people have said they were injured by the ride in California, which reaches up to 76mph Six Flags has permanently shut down its embattled X2 rollercoaster in Valencia, California, the company announced on Tuesday, as a groundswell of past riders have come forward with allegations of se…
The announcement comes after multiple lawsuits alleged that hundreds of riders suffered brain injuries from X2, a ride with seats that spin 360 degrees.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six Flags Magic Mountain said Tuesday that it is retiring its famous X2 roller coaster amid lawsuits alleging serious brain injury caused by the ride. The Southern California theme park said it is permanently shuttering the ride after nearly 20 years.
After a CNN investigation revealed life-altering injuries and deaths linked to Six Flags' most famous roller coaster, the company announced Tuesday it will permanently close the ride.
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