The iconic Six Flags X2 rollercoaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain has been permanently closed following a series of brain injury lawsuits.
Six Flags Magic Mountain stated on the 29th of last month, “While it passed multiple safety inspections, safety is the core of our business, and we are permanently discontinuing the operation of X2.”
Lawsuits surrounding brain injuries related to X2 have been filed consecutively. In July, operations were suspended after two passengers were rushed to the hospital within a span of a week. Among them, a 25-year-old woman collapsed immediately after the ride and underwent emergency brain surgery for severe cerebral hemorrhage. She is currently hospitalized and unable to communicate or move, and her family has filed a lawsuit against Six Flags. Just last week, three additional lawsuits were filed alleging traumatic brain injury after riding X2.
Meanwhile, a lawsuit filed by the bereaved family of a 22-year-old man who died the day after riding X2 in 2022 was recently settled. The coroner’s office determined the cause of death to be blunt force head trauma.
X2, which reaches a top speed of 76 mph with seats that rotate 360 degrees, opened in 2002 as the world’s first “4D” rollercoaster.
