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Six Flags Closes X2 After Two Riders’ Surgeries

8/28/2026

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  • Six Flags Magic Mountain closed the X2 roller coaster after two riders required emergency brain surgery.
  • Pamela Guillen, 40, lost consciousness on July 5 and underwent skull surgery.
  • Naomi Greer-Wilkinson, 25, remained in a coma on a ventilator after similar surgery six days later.
  • CNN reported over a dozen injuries and two deaths linked to X2 since 2002.
  • Families said Six Flags offered only McDonald’s food and no further communication.