From the Left · Read · October 24, 2026
Oct 24 ยท Six Flags will add seat belts to its Goliath coaster and similar rides after a rider's fatal fall
NBC News: Six Flags to add seat belts to roller coaster after Georgia man falls to his death
Grade B (82/100). NBC reports the seat-belt plan from the Six Flags press release, quotes CEO John Reilly, lists the rides closed since the Oct. 12 death and notes a separate lawsuit over another coaster
B: Leaves out key context.
- Leaves out something important (minus 18 points): no mention that investigators have not yet said what went wrong on Goliath, or that the closed coasters share one maker and restraint design, which the C piece reports
Splits: NBC reports the seat-belt plan from the Six Flags press release, quotes CEO John Reilly, lists the rides closed since the Oct. 12 death and notes a separate lawsuit over another coaster
Same story: CNBC, New York Post