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Six Flags' El Toro Rollercoaster Nears Reopening 10 Months After Malfunction
Plans are in the works to reopen El Toro, the popular wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure, nearly 10 months after a malfunction, officials confirmed. Fourteen riders were injured during a ride malfunction last August. A Six Flags spokeswoman could not provide an exact reopening date. “We are planning to reopen the ride soon following testing and a full safety inspection by both internal and external experts,” Staci Wheeler, the spokeswoman, said on Thursday, June 8. Six Flags, in Jackson, bills the ride as one of the fastest and tallest wooden runs on Earth. Meanw…
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Family of Worker, 19, Killed In Great Adventure Accident Receives $1.7M Settlement
The family of a 19-year-old worker who died in an accident while stringing holiday lights at Six Flags Great Adventure received a $1.7 million settlement in a wrongful death suit, according to a published report. Justin Dill, who’d recently graduated Middletown North High School and from the electrical program at Monmouth County Vocational School, worked at Six Flags as an apprentice with the electrician's union. He was working as a spotter for fellow employees hanging the lights on trees and poles when he was struck by the front tire of their lift truck, which then rolled on top of him, as…
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Six Flags Water Slide Rider Hospitalized In Labor Day Incident
A park-goer is to blame for leaving another visitor injured after riding a slide at the Six Flags Great Adventure Hurricane Harbor water park on Labor Day, news reports say. One guest jumped out of the tube, causing it to overturn on the Tornado funnel slide, park spokeswoman Kristin Fitzgerald told NJ Advance Media. The adult victim was hospitalized with back pain, the Asbury Park Press reports. The 75-foot-high slide drops visitors down a 132-foot tunnel at about 35 feet per second, the Six Flags website says. The ride requires four-person rafts.