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Atlanta teacher who beat cancer dies in Six Flags coaster fall
Hassan Kariem, a 42-year-old Atlanta school technology teacher who friends say survived cancer, COVID-19 and a car fire, died after being ejected from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.
Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, 42, died on Oct. 12 after being ejected from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia in Cobb County, near Atlanta. Police said he struck other riders before falling; four other people were reported injured.
Kariem was the IT manager, technology teacher and robotics coach at Wesley International Academy in Atlanta, where the school described him as a cherished educator.
“A fighter”
A family friend told WSB-TV that Kariem was “a fighter” who had survived cancer and a serious bout of COVID-19. His sister, Andrea Clark, said his cancer went into remission in 2015. Weeks before his death, he and his daughter escaped a car fire; the cause of that fire has not been made public. Clark said he had raised his fiancée’s daughter as his own since she was 3.
Investigation and ride closures
The Cobb County Police Department’s major crimes unit and the state agency that oversees ride inspections are investigating; authorities have not said how he came out of his seat. Six Flags temporarily closed nine roller coasters at six parks, including in Canada, “out of an abundance of caution,” and Goliath’s manufacturer, Bolliger & Mabillard, said it is investigating.
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