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Six Flags Magic Mountain is being sued by someone who claims he was injured on the park's CraZanity attraction ... TMZ has learned.

According to a new lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Simon Kasawa says the ride operator at the California amusement park didn't give him a heads-up before activating the attraction’s mechanical harness.

Kasawa says he wasn't fully sitting down when the harness came down on him … causing "significant injuries."

A former Six Flags Over Georgia operator says it's possible to push a restraint on a ride like Goliath open ... though it would take a tremendous amount of force.

Brycen Whatley -- a former employee at the theme park near Atlanta and a roller coaster enthusiast -- joined us on "TMZ Live" Thursday to discuss how Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem might have been ejected from Goliath before falling to his death.

Brycen first ran through the safety measures on Goliath ... explaining the ride can't even move unless pin-and-gear arm restraints are pulled down three notches -- locking a person into place.

The man who fell to his death at Six Flags Over Georgia struck four kids as he plummeted ... and the children were rushed to a hospital with injuries.

Cops revealed Thursday that the four other guests who were harmed in Monday's tragedy were kids ... and they were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, a 42-year-old teacher from Atlanta, plummeted to his death after being ejected from the Goliath roller coaster. He hit other riders and the tracks on his way down.

A front-row view of the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia shows just how intense the massive ride can get ... taking passengers hundreds of feet into the air before sending them racing toward the ground.

TMZ has obtained POV footage that puts viewers right in the rider's seat ... starting with a slow climb up a towering hill before the track suddenly drops away, sending the coaster plunging toward the ground.

From there, it's one steep drop after another, with sharp turns and sweeping curves giving riders a bird's-eye view of the amusement park below.

Michael Desronvil -- the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial -- says Clancy's attorney put a big fat target on his back, making him fear for his life.

In his first televised interview Thursday, Desronvil told Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany that he felt "scared" after Clancy's lawyer, Kevin Reddington, filed a motion asking the judge to authorize an investigation into Desronvil after his vote caused a mistrial.

In the motion, Reddington asked the court to review Desronvil's cell phone data usage during deliberations. The attorney also requested that Desronvil answer questions concerning how truthful he was on his jury questionnaire.

Six Flags Over Georgia is likely facing a big lawsuit after a man was ejected from a roller coaster and fell to his death ... but it wouldn't be the first time the park has been sued.

We did some digging and found a lawsuit that was filed against Six Flags Over Georgia back in 2024 ... Bryce and Beatrice Jamison say they went to the theme park in July 2022, and claim Bryce was injured on the "Thunder River" water raft ride.

The couple claimed Bryce was thrown from his seat when the raft collided with part of the ride's terrain, even though he says he was wearing his seatbelt.

The deadly roller coaster accident at Six Flags Over Georgia didn't come as a huge shock to one man, who claims the ride was having safety issues months before the tragedy.

Entrepreneur Nick Specter-Vlacic says he rode the park's Goliath roller coaster a few months ago and remembers major delays while waiting in line ... claiming one of the trains kept getting pulled for testing because the restraints were opening.

Nick isn't convinced the park was caught off guard by Monday's fatal accident.

The family of the man killed on a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia is warning people not to fall for bogus fundraisers popping up in his name ... declaring they don't need anyone's money.

Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem's family tells TMZ ... they have not authorized any GoFundMe pages or other crowdfunding efforts following his tragic death Monday ... and any pages claiming to raise money on their behalf are scams.

The family thanked the public for its support, but stressed it has no plans to launch a fundraiser. Hassan's mother may eventually establish a scholarship or fund in his honor ... but that announcement would come through her official representative.

People are protesting in Austin, Texas, after a white woman told HBCU students to stop parking outside her home after she moved into a historically Black neighborhood ... and it's getting tense.

The woman and her husband recently moved into a residence on East 9th Street ... right across from Huston-Tillotson University, and a viral video shows a student named Bri confronting the couple for allegedly harassing students who park in front of their house.

Bri tries to point out it's legal to park there, but the woman shoots back ... "We paid $1.5 million for our house, y’all's graduation rates are 25%."

Six Flags Over Georgia is set to reopen Friday ... just days after a man fell to his death after being ejected from one of the theme park's popular roller coasters.

The investigation is ongoing, but local news outlet WSB-TV reports the park will open its doors Friday... though it's unclear whether Goliath, the ride from which the man fell, will remain closed. It seems unlikely the park would reopen it.

As we reported ... Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was killed after he fell from the Goliath roller coaster.

Hassan -- who was a member of a roller coaster enthusiasts club -- struck several other riders before hitting the ground, investigators say.

The family of the man who plunged to his death from a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia is dealing with another nightmare ... disturbing photos allegedly showing his final moments are making the rounds online.

Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem's loved ones are now begging people to stop sharing the images, with a family member speaking out after Monday's horrifying tragedy.

According to Atlanta's WSB-TV, Hassan's cousin posted a video on Instagram on behalf of Hassan's mother and other relatives, demanding the photos be taken down.

Nolan Wells' family has publicly released an analysis of his phone following the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death.

The outside report -- compiled by Garrett Discovery and verified by PEOPLE -- includes messages from 29 group chats Nolan was in, which means the logs show communications from after he went missing.

The almost-300-page report also includes Nolan's private Snapchat messages ... and shows his friends reacting in real time to his disappearance and the aftermath of his death.

Six Flags hasn’t just taken a massive blow to their reputation … their stocks got hit hard after a parkgoer tragically died at their Georgia location.

According to Forbes, Six Flags’ stock prices had significantly dropped when the market opened on Tuesday to the lowest level since 2009.

The outlet reports prices had dipped under $10 per share at one point … and were still down more than 14% just before the market was closed for the day.

The man who was flung from a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday had experienced a difficult few weeks ... including a previous incident that nearly claimed his life.

A family friend of the late Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem spoke to the local television station WSB-TV in Atlanta ... and she revealed Hassan and his daughter actually survived a car fire a few weeks ago. It's unclear what caused the car fire.

This family friend also said Hassan dealt with a series of health issues before the fire and his roller coaster death ... surviving cancer and also fighting through a difficult bout with Covid-19.

The biological parents of the baby boy McKenna West delivered are asking a judge to put an end to their legal battle with their surrogate once and for all ... and they're blasting her for allegedly trying to profit off all the media attention.

Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed, the California couple who hired McKenna to carry their child, say McKenna won't drop her court battle with them despite promising otherwise.

They claim she is still trying to get custody of their baby, which they named Rumi ... despite pointing out that McKenna has been shut down in various state courts in her effort.

Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer ... and doctors have removed part of his right lung in a successful surgery.

The Vatican announced Tuesday the 71-year-old pontiff underwent surgery at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung after discovering a suspicious growth.

Doctors confirmed the growth was lung adenocarcinoma -- a type of lung cancer -- after examining tissue during the operation.