Overview
- Six Flags Magic Mountain announced on September 30 that it will permanently remove X2, saying the ride had passed safety tests but that public trust had been damaged.
- The park closed X2 on July 12 after two women were hospitalized with severe brain bleeding following rides, one requiring emergency brain surgery and another placed on a ventilator.
- Plaintiffs’ lawyers say hundreds of riders have contacted them with reports of head and brain injuries and multiple civil suits have been filed while the Hawley family reached an August settlement over a 2022 death linked to X2.
- California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has an active investigation into the July incidents, and that probe remains open as litigation continues.
- X2 is a high‑intensity four‑dimension coaster whose rotating seats and extreme maneuvers are central to riders’ injury claims, a design detail that has pushed calls for closer park oversight and could spur regulatory or industry changes.