Boy decapitated by roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

If he climbed a fence despite signs that said danger, do not enter, he clearly wasn't using his head!

So much shtick, so little time.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

If he climbed a fence despite signs that said danger, do not enter, he clearly wasn't using his head!

Oh he used it, he tried to stop a roller coaster at 50 MPH with it!

Train 1
Head 0

Game over.

[SmootSmack]

I can't even begin to imagine being the friend that was with him at that moment

[Riggo44]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Seriously how can you not see the tracks or a coaster coming around it????

That's what I was thinking. If he was some retarded deaf kid then I would feel sorry for him. But I seems like this kid was simply just a complete moron.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Seriously how can you not see the tracks or a coaster coming around it????

I thought I heard on the news this morning that the friend dove out of the way, so I guess it's possible that he saw/heard it coming but for whatever reason he didn't get out of the way in time.
It reminds me of a line from the end of the movie Snatch:

Turkish: Have you ever crossed the road, and looked the wrong way? A car's nearly on you? So what do you do? Something very silly. You freeze. Your life doesn't flash before you, 'cause you're too fuckin' scared to think - you just freeze and pull a stupid face.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Damn you guys are harsh. I did some really dumb things as a kid too. I just feel bad for him and his family.

[MTK]

Forget about why he didn't see/hear the train coming, why did he jump two fences in the first place?

It does suck that one dumb decision cost him his life.

[firstdown]

Well the worker who was killed by the same roller coaster was struck by someones leg. I think the problem comes with the roller coaster hanging from the track instead of riding on the track. They heard it coming but did not realise how low it was and it took them out.

[Monkeydad]

^

It would be OK if you don't ignore the fence and several signs.

The park did nothing wrong. This idiot did and unfortunately, he left his family to deal with the results.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Buster

The park did nothing wrong. This idiot did and unfortunately, he left his family to deal with the results.

I don't think anyone is saying the Park did something wrong. If you didn't do anything really dumb as a 17 year old you (a) are kidding yourself, (b) were paralyzed during your teenage years, or (c) must be in seminary school.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

I don't think anyone is saying the Park did something wrong. If you didn't do anything really dumb as a 17 year old you (a) are kidding yourself, (b) were paralyzed during your teenage years, or (c) must be in seminary school.

I agree and I can say that I did things that could have gone wrong and cost me or someone else their life. We could start a new thread on this "Dumb Stuff I Did When I Was Younger" for the younger posters we could start "The Dumb Things I did Last Night".

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Forget about why he didn't see/hear the train coming, why did he jump two fences in the first place?

It does suck that one dumb decision cost him his life.

Sucks for him, hilarious for us!

I heard that when a security guard saw him climbing the fence, just before the train struck him, he told him to knock it off. The security guard is in therapy today.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I can't even begin to imagine being the friend that was with him at that moment

Yeah, he's probably head over heels with grief.

[Schneed10]

On a serious note, he made a bad decision and got himself killed. It's a crying shame in all honesty, and it's nobody's fault but his own.

But people die on account of their own stupid decisions every day. Some people drive home after 10 beers. Some people feed wild animals. Some people dash across the street in busy traffic just to make it to work on time.

This particular death however, gets press because of the gruesome and rare nature of the death, not to mention that rollercoasters and thrill rides have become a hot-button for people.

But in the end, this was just a guy making a dumb unfortunate decision that got himself killed. Is it sad? Yes. Is it out of the ordinary? Not really.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

On a serious note, he made a bad decision and got himself killed. It's a crying shame in all honesty, and it's nobody's fault but his own.

But people die on account of their own stupid decisions every day. Some people drive home after 10 beers. Some people feed wild animals. Some people dash across the street in busy traffic just to make it to work on time.

This particular death however, gets press because of the gruesome and rare nature of the death, not to mention that rollercoasters and thrill rides have become a hot-button for people.

But in the end, this was just a guy making a dumb unfortunate decision that got himself killed. Is it sad? Yes. Is it out of the ordinary? Not really.

Some people put on deer scent to attract bucks not thinking that if one does show up its going to want to mate.