A popular ride in Magic Mountain caused serious head injuries and killed a 22-year-old boy, according to a lawsuit filed by the Garden Grove family.
The death occurred on June 23, 2022, Christopher Hawley rode an X2 roller coaster at Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia. The lawsuit says he and his cousin and brother are in the row behind him.
“The entire ride of the X2 was very rough, yanking the rider like a rag doll,” the complaint said. At the end of the trip, “suddenly, suddenly, suddenly, violently shaking, stopping, the stinging dead Christopher Hawley and two other boys were sitting in their seats.”
“My cousin Kyle and Chris – we didn’t know that would happen,” Alex, 21, told the Times Tuesday.
Christopher Hawley graduated from San Diego State University. Hawley died on June 24, 2022, the day after he collapsed at the X2 roller coaster exit in Magic Mountain. A wrongful death lawsuit claims roller coasters can be dangerous.
(The Hawley Family Through Newsroom Public Relations)
Six Flags Magic Mountain denied claims in the lawsuit, which has been updated from early complaints filed in 2023.
After getting out of the car, he immediately stumbled into the swing, complaining about headaches, collapsed and fell into a coma. The lawsuit says Hawley is in good health on the day of his trip.
Doctors found that Hawley had severe cerebral hemorrhage and had a poor prognosis. The complaint said that the next day, what the coroner said was the head trauma caused by a “park ride accident.”
The lawsuit says Hawley’s riding was stopped for a while after being injured but reopened the same day.
Now, Hawley’s parents Anne and William have sued improper deaths, alleging negligence, a design flaw in the roller coaster that failed to warn riders of potential injuries.
“It’s nothing painful because I mean, it’s a loss,” Anne said in an interview Tuesday.
Listed as defendants are Magic Mountain and Six Flags, as independent entities, globally as the copyright owner of the X2-style roller coaster style, a “fourth-dimensional” ride with seats rotating 360 degrees. The defendant denied these claims.
“So when you go down at 76 mph with a variety of dives, flips and twists and two super rare “crow turns” at 76 mph, half of the cycle changes halfway and turns into a pure drop – your body will flip about 360 degrees over and over,” Ride’s description reads six signs. website. “It’s simple, you’ll be stepped into another dimension.”
“This is not the first time someone has suffered serious injuries from riding,” family lawyer Ari Friedman said in a statement. “The X2 has been linked to previous events, with sudden trembling and shocking whippings, head and leg injuries and more.”
The park was sued in 2014 Ninja The roller coaster’s car hit a fallen tree on its tracks, partially derailing, causing minor injuries to the passengers. A woman died after an aneurysm outbreak with a riding disorder in 2001 Goliath The county coroner’s office said the roller coaster.
“Someone at Magic Mountain should be able to explain to us – and everyone who went to the park – what happened and why it happened,” Hawley’s father William said.
