Six Flags Great Adventure shutters Nitro ‘hypercoaster’ after teacher’s fatal plunge from similar ride

Source: New York Post

Six Flags Great Adventure has temporarily shut down its Nitro rollercoaster after a teacher fell to his death from a similar ride in Georgia on Monday. The theme park in Jackson Township, NJ, shut down Nitro out of “an abundance of caution,” Six Flags said, as investigators probe the tragic mishap in which beloved teacher Hassan Kariem, 42, slipped from his safety restraint on the Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia — slamming into fellow riders before dropping to his death. Great Adventure’s “hypercoaster” — which boasts a glimpse of Philadelphia from its 215-foot drop — is one of nine coasters at parks across North America that have shuttered since Kariem’s death.