Make New York Post a Preferred Source The married dad who died riding a Six Flags rollercoaster in Georgia with his son suddenly “flew out” of his seat — with the horror caught on official souvenir photos available to other riders, many of whom were covered in his blood.
The unidentified dad fell out on the final drop of the 200-foot “Goliath” coaster Monday — right as the park’s official cameras snapped photos to be bought at the end.
“He’s in our Goliath pictures,” the stunned witness told WXIA. “The picture that they take and that you keep.”
A Six Flags parkgoer died after falling from the Goliath roller coaster on Monday. 11Alive Unverified images shared online appear to show a man flying past other riders, who say he hit the car several times before plunging and landing on a haunted house attraction.
“He hit a girl two rows in front of us on the Goliath ride right where the pictures are taken,” another woman on the ride told WXIA.
“His blood splattered over everybody, and his body fell behind one of the haunted attractions.”
It’s unclear how the man fell from the coaster as he rode next to his son, with his wife and daughter watching from below.
It appeared the man’s safety belt “dislodged” and “he flew out,” fellow rider Fred Sowemimo told NBC.
“You can see images of the person out of the seat,” he said of the souvenir pics. “You can see him on the girl on her row.”
It was so surreal, “We initially thought it was a prank,” said Sowemimo’s wife, Vanessa.
Logan Conner said he and his fiancé “made direct eye contact with him” as the rider “started levitating in the air sideways.”
The ‘Goliath’ roller coaster is 200 foot tall and is Georgia’s tallest roller coaster. Zuma / SplashNews.com Another rider said “It went from having a great time to just screaming, ‘Oh my God, what is happening.'”
“You don’t see things like this happen. It should never happen,” said the woman who was riding with her husband.
Four other people at the Austell theme park were injured. The extent of their injuries remains unclear.
The roller coaster, which is the tallest in Georgia, was closed and rescuers went row-by-row to bring riders to safety.
They were evacuated in groups of four via a stairwell at the side of the ride.
Six Flags bosses have temporarily closed nine coasters across six of its parks following the tragedy.
