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DEVELOPING · 13 OCT → 22 OCT 2026 · 10 EDITIONS · 129 OUTLETS

Six Flags closes similar coasters after fatal Goliath incident in Georgia

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 64 129 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 13 Oct 00:19 UTC · One dead, several injured in Six Flags Over Georgia roller coaster incident 13 Oct 06:51 UTC · Man dies in Goliath roller coaster incident at Six Flags Over Georgia 13 Oct 12:12 UTC · Man dies after fall from Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia 13 Oct 18:10 UTC · Man Dies in Six Flags Over Georgia Roller Coaster Incident 14 Oct 00:09 UTC · Six Flags closes 10 rides after fatal Georgia roller coaster incident 14 Oct 18:27 UTC · Man dies in incident involving Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia 15 Oct 00:09 UTC · Man dies in Goliath roller coaster incident at Six Flags Over Georgia 15 Oct 18:12 UTC · Six Flags closes similar coasters after fatal Goliath incident in Georgia

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 6 HEADLINES

  1. 13 Oct, 00:19 UTC

    One dead, several injured in Six Flags Over Georgia roller coaster incident

  2. 13 Oct, 06:51 UTC

    Man dies in Goliath roller coaster incident at Six Flags Over Georgia

  3. 13 Oct, 12:12 UTC

    Man dies after fall from Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia

  4. 13 Oct, 18:10 UTC

    Man Dies in Six Flags Over Georgia Roller Coaster Incident

  5. 15 Oct, 00:09 UTC

    Man dies in Goliath roller coaster incident at Six Flags Over Georgia

  6. 15 Oct, 18:12 UTC

    Six Flags closes similar coasters after fatal Goliath incident in Georgia

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.

Figures reported with different numbers

  • roller coasters: 9 (4 from 13 Oct 04:00) → 2 (2 from 13 Oct 13:15)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.