A Six Flags rollercoaster that has been linked to two deaths and numerous injuries over the past 24 years has been shut down, after two riders suffered catastrophic injuries and needed emergency brain surgery in incidents just days apart this summer, a report said.
Officials at the Magic Mountain theme park in Valencia, California, finally took action to close the troubled, 24-year-old X2 coaster after the pair of latest terrifying incidents last month in which riders were injured, according to a new investigation by CNN.
The first mishap occurred on July 5, when Pamela Guillen, 40, of Hawaii, took the ride while visiting the park for her daughter’s 16th birthday and repeatedly struck her head against the headrest as the coaster careened at up to 80 mph, according to ambulance records cited by CNN.
After the end of the ride — which has seats that rotate 360 — she began vomiting and later lost consciousness before being rushed to a nearby hospital.
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