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X2 Roller Coaster Lawsuits and Safety Crisis | Los Angeles News
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The X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain is under fire after a wrongful death settlement and an ongoing lawsuit alleging a traumatic brain injury — both tied to the same ride. A 2022 fatality involving 22-year-old Christopher Hawley has been resolved, while Sheila Katerelos’s case, filed in 2020, now heads to trial in August 2027. The ride manufacturer, S&S Worldwide, was reinstated as a defendant after the park was dismissed. This isn’t the first scare: two riders were hospitalized with head trauma this July, one needing emergency surgery. The ride remains closed as state regulators probe safety protocols — and questions linger about whether warnings were ever issued before these incidents.
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