Your 2008 Darwin Award winner!

[GatorB]

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A teenager died Saturday when he was decapitated at the Six Flags Over Georgia theme park outside Atlanta, authorities said.

The 17-year-old park visitor was killed after scaling two 6-foot fences around the Batman roller coaster, said a statement issued by park spokeswoman Hela Sheth. He was struck by the coaster and killed, she said.

"We do not know why this person was intent on gaining access to this restricted area," the statement said, noting that multiple signs are posted stating, "Danger Zone," "Do Not Enter" and "Authorized Personnel Only."

"Some witnesses have stated that the individual was trying to retrieve something he had lost," Sheth's statement said. "Others reported that he was trying to touch the ride. This is merely speculation at this point, and we are working with park visitors and local police to learn more."

No one on the ride was injured, she said.

Police said the incident occurred about 2 p.m.

The victim's family was at the park with him, Sheth said, and park representatives were with them Saturday evening.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family," she said



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[SexualDragon]

holy fuck! I feel for the family

[DefaultMan]

Wow, that really sucks

[czarina]

gosh, poor kid! Yes, it was stupid what he did, but how many of us haven't done something very idiotic in the past?

[baddog]

Thank God it happened before he started breeding.

[AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE]

Woot excellent!
One less dumb person

[Andy-Vienna]

Batman Rollercoaster????? Oh my god ;-) ... This really exists?

[tigermtb]

What an interesting ride that would have been for the people on the coaster...

[Iron Fist]

"Hey what was that? They don't have speed bumps on the rollercoaster do they?"

/Yes... going to hell for that one.

[GatorB]

Originally Posted by czarina

gosh, poor kid! Yes, it was stupid what he did, but how many of us haven't done something very idiotic in the past?

Yes we all have done stupid things, and he certainly didn't deserve to die, but he climbed not one but TWO fences and went into an area CLEARLY marked DANGEROUS and DO NOT ENTER. If he lost something he could have just easily told someone that works at the park and have an employee get it at an appropriate time.

[Taass]

Originally Posted by GatorB

"Others reported that he was trying to touch the ride.

Well.. he succeeded in that at least

[Ron Bennett]

Prediction: Six Flags will be sued, but settle out of court, though likely for a somewhat smaller amount than they normally would in a pure accident situation.

Here's why ... and this seems counter-intuitive, but than the law is often that way:

The family's lawyers (I'm assuming they'll have some soon, if not already) could argue that it took the boy a fair amount of time to scale both fences (side-arguments: the fences were too low / not properly maintained / the ride is an attractive nuiscence), and thus park security had ample time to act to stop him, but neglected to do so, which thus contributed to the boy's death.

Ron

[JustDaveXxx]

Thats horrible, but stupidity is gods way of thinning out the herd...

[VeriSexy]

Read it earlier.. what a way to go

[Blazed]

Originally Posted by Ron Bennett

Prediction: Six Flags will be sued, but settle out of court, though likely for a somewhat smaller amount than they normally would in a pure accident situation.

Here's why ... and this seems counter-intuitive, but than the law is often that way:

The family's lawyers (I'm assuming they'll have some soon, if not already) could argue that it took the boy a fair amount of time to scale both fences (side-arguments: the fences were too low / not properly maintained / the ride is an attractive nuiscence), and thus park security had ample time to act to stop him, but neglected to do so, which thus contributed to the boy's death.

Ron

Only in america...

[testpie]

Originally Posted by Ron Bennett

Prediction: Six Flags will be sued, but settle out of court, though likely for a somewhat smaller amount than they normally would in a pure accident situation.

Here's why ... and this seems counter-intuitive, but than the law is often that way:

The family's lawyers (I'm assuming they'll have some soon, if not already) could argue that it took the boy a fair amount of time to scale both fences (side-arguments: the fences were too low / not properly maintained / the ride is an attractive nuiscence), and thus park security had ample time to act to stop him, but neglected to do so, which thus contributed to the boy's death.

Ron

Yep. And then they'll be an outcry to ban the evil that is the rollercoaster, and theme parks... All because people can't seem to assign blame to those responsible; it's much easier to blame inanimate objects and their owners.