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A roller coaster at Six Flags Great
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Adventure in Jackson Township has been
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shut down temporarily after a man fell
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to his death on a similar coaster at Six
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Flags Over Georgia while riding with his
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family on Columbus Day. Nitro is one of
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Great Adventure's flagship coasters, but
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for now, it's shut down until further
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notice. The closure is part of a
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precautionary shutdown affecting nine
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roller coasters at six parks nationwide.
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Hassan Jihad Kareem, a 42-year-old IT
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manager, technology teacher, and
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robotics coach from Atlanta, Georgia,
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was identified as the man who fell to
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his death from the Goliath roller
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coaster. Cobb County police confirmed
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one death and multiple injuries. Six
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Flags says it temporarily closed similar
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attractions out of an abundance of
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caution. Nitro stands 230 ft tall and
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reaches approximately 80 mph. It was
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built by the same company that built the
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Georgia roller coaster, Goliath. As of
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Tuesday's closure announcement, no
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reopening date had been announced for
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