After jumping a fence that clearly had warnings signs of danger posted all over, a 17 year old South Carolina teenager was decapitated around 2 pm Saturday when the ride struck him at Six Flags Over Georgia. There were signs everywhere stating the area was a restricted area but he and his friend ignored the warnings.
They apparently jumped two six feet fences, one a wrought iron style park perimeter fence and the other a chain link fence which went around the Batman Ride, as a shortcut back into the park. Georgia Police have reported that the roller coaster was going full speed which tops out at about 50 mph. Riders on the Batman ride dangle beneath a track and climb and drop the distance equal to an 11-story building and then through two loops and two single corkscrews.
No one on the ride was injured. The friend that was with him wasn’t harmed either.
The boy, Asia Leeshawn Ferguson, along with his parents, was at Six Flags with a group from the Oakley Baptist Church near Springfield South Carolina.
A Cobb County police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce said there were many witnesses and the county’s 911 center was almost immediately flooded with calls from people in the park reporting what they saw.
This is the second death related to the Batman ride here. A 58 year old park worker, Samuel Guyton of Atlanta was killed May 26, 2002 when he was working in the restricted area and was kicked by a 14 year old girl on the ride. She was suffered an injury on her leg which she was hospitalized for.
Last year a teenager was injured when cables snapped on the Superman Tower ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville Kentucky. Kaitlyn Lasitter’s right foot was able to be reattached but she had to have some of her left leg amputated and has had to have other surgeries as well. State officials blamed the faulty cable and the slow response of the amusement park operator in the incident. Her family has decided to sue Six Flags but they have denied liability in the court filings.
Jan Barrett
7 users commented in " Teenager Decapitated at Six Flags Over Georgia "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackbackif this boy came in the back way he’d ought to know’d better that’s all you hear any more,someone gettin hurt at these amusement parks or even at work,in 96 if the girl at the opposite ens hadn’t stopped the machine i was one i would not have a arm,no stop button on my side,him bein 17 years old,he should have been more aware on what he was doing,but i’m not suppose to be here to judge people,i will pray for your family it’s real hard to get over a death i still haven’t got over 5 deaths but just remember god is with you
Looks like we have a Darwin Award winner here!!
supppsidly he was going to retrieve a hat, not jump the fences for kicks. Its so wrong to talk down about the kid, his life was cut really short, and although what he did was obviously dangerous and unsafe, no one should talk down about him because of it. His family is suffering and my prayers are with them.
Maybe the danger signs should have tipped him off..
I hope his family does not get an money!!stupidity is not a reason to get a big settlement.
Please don’t judge. Until you have walked a mile in someone else’s shoes. How many of us have taken risks and done foolish things in our lives. I am so sad that this young boy’s mistake will be his last one. Let this be a lesson to all of us. THINK, BEFORE WE ACT, OUR LIFE OR SOMEONE ELSE’S COULD DEPEND ON IT!!!!
My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of this young man. What a tragedy.
I was in the line at the batman ride when this happened. The story that is being reported is not accurate. I too feel that the parents should not blame the park, on one hand. I saw him after the fact as well and even though he was in the wrong, he did not deserve to die. I would hope that people will not forget that his family is suffering through this and that we should all pray not only for them but the safety of all our children, especially when we all think we are invincible at that age.
The facts remain. If you dont have something kind to say to this family, then maybe it would be best not to say anything. God bless this family. I could never imagine losing a child of mine and I can only imagine what they are going through. Just know that there are alot of people praying for you including me and my family.
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