Overview
- Attorneys announced this week that they now represent more than 100 clients who say they suffered brain injuries after riding X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain, and they filed three new lawsuits that include claims of emergency brain surgery and massive hemorrhage.
- X2 has remained closed since the evening of July 12, 2026, after park operators reported an injury and have declined detailed public comment while litigation proceeds.
- An August CNN investigation documented more than a dozen serious injury reports and at least two deaths tied to X2, prompting hundreds of people to contact law firms though many contacts cannot become claims for reasons like statutes of limitations or lack of medical records.
- Plaintiffs point to X2’s ‘fourth-dimension’ design—seats that rotate independently 360 degrees while trains reach roughly 76–80 mph—as the likely mechanism for rapid acceleration-and-deceleration events that treating surgeons say caused bleeding and other brain trauma.
- California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has an inspection open on the attraction and further regulatory review and legal discovery will be key to proving causation, determining whether the ride must be modified or removed, and resolving victims’ claims.