The safety restraints on Georgia’s tallest rollercoaster had been making an unusual ‘clicking’ sound before a father-of-two plummeted to his death, witnesses claim.
Hassan Kariem, 42, was riding the Goliath rollercoaster with his son at Six Flags Over Georgia just before 4pm on Monday when he was thrown from his seat in front of horrified passengers and struck the ride three times before his fatal fall.
Authorities are now investigating exactly what went wrong on the ride, which has been a staple of the theme park since 2006.
But witnesses have claimed that the restraints on the rollercoaster, which reaches heights of over 200 feet, had
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