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Accidents Involving Injury at Geauga Lake

Official U.S. federal and state data on theme park accidents is almost nonexistent. That's why Theme Park Insider users are creating this visitor-maintained database of theme park accidents--to give public at least some information about attraction safety records.

Do you know of, or have been part of, an accident involving injury at Geauga Lake? Report it to Theme Park Insider.

Verified Incidents

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6/29/2002 - The Villian - Submitted by robert on 7/12/2002

A 12-year-old girl was struck in the head and injured, allegedly by a rock thrown at the ride by bystanders. A woman from Wisconsin had recently filed suit against Six Flags over a July 2, 2000 incident where she suffered a fractured skull on the ride, again, allegedly due to thrown rocks.

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    • No Date Reported - X-Flight - Submitted by HAPIMS on 5/30/2002
    Tuesday, May 28, 2002 - At Six Flags Worlds of Adventure theme park in Aurora, Ohio, an employee was injured while performing a routine inspection of the park's 'X-Flight' roller coaster. The man fell from the ride and was airlifted to a local hospital. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

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    • Unverified Reports

    7/16/2001 - Serial Thriller - Submitted by sharilynn on 7/30/2001
    This was the first ride that I rode when we got to Six Flags & it jolted my poor head all over the place, no matter how hard I tried to keep it still, it just wasn't happening. Then at the end of the ride it comes to a Very sudden stop giving you that last whiplashy blow. I had a severe headache after the ride & have had headaches everyday since then (I am writing this on 7-29-01) also when we were leaving the park I closed my eyes to try to take a nap and it seemed as though everything was bouncing up and down.

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