AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Family sues Six Flags after 22-year-old dies from brain injury following X2 rollercoaster ride
A California family's wrongful death lawsuit alleges that the X2 rollercoaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain was so violent it killed their 22-year-old son, and the ride has since been linked to yet another unconscious rider. Christopher Hawley, a recent San Diego State graduate from Garden Grove, California, collapsed shortly after stepping off the X2 […] The post Family sues Six Flags after 22-year-old dies from brain injury following X2 rollercoaster ride appeared first on American Almanac .
A California family's wrongful death lawsuit alleges that the X2 rollercoaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain was so violent it killed their 22-year-old son, and the ride has since been linked to yet another unconscious rider. Christopher Hawley, a recent San Diego State graduate from Garden Grove, California, collapsed shortly after stepping off the X2 rollercoaster on June 23, 2022. His face turned red. He would not wake up. Emergency crews rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he died the following day. He was 22 years old. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death as blunt head trauma, and the coroner's report attributed the fatal injury to a "park ride accident." Now the Hawley family is seeking $10 million in…Open