A theme park has been forced to close a state-of-the-art rollercoaster after it was linked to deaths and serious injuries.
The X2 ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, was promoted as a ‘[rite] of passage for the ultimate daredevil’, but a new report shows that its twists and turns may be more extreme than the human body can handle.
It was shut down on July 12, a day after the second of two catastrophic brain-injury incidents that occurred less than a week apart.
However, a report by the news broadcaster CNN has found that these were only the latest in a
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