Boy Killed at Six Flags Over Georgia

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Boy Killed at Six Flags Over Georgia

Photos of Six Flags Over Georgia and of Batman: The Ride roller coaster, where a 17-year-old boy was killed Saturday when he was struck by the popular ride.

Batman The Ride reopened to the public at Six Flags Over Georgia on Wednesday (July 2) after the State Labor Commissioner gave the go-ahead for the operation.

"It wasn't Six Flags' fault," said Isaac Abernathy, 20, of Adairsvile. He was among the first riders.

Out-of-state visitors had no apprehension about getting on the ride. "I wasn't really worried," said Katie St. Germaine, 14, of Michigan.

Asia Leeshawn Ferguson, the teen killed when he was hit by the Batman roller coaster.

Asia Leeshawn Ferguson was 17 17-year-old boy was killed June 28 when he was struck by the popular Batman: The Ride roller coaster, seen here in a file photo, at Six Flags Over Georgia.

Alexandria Ventry (left to right), her friend Hanna Heller and her mother, Caroline Ventry, walk away disappointed on Saturday after a security guard tells that the popular "Batman the Ride" was closed for the day.

A sign in front of the roller coaster apologizes to patrons for the ride being closed.

Park officials are not sure why the boy went into the restricted area that they said was marked with signs.

Wrought iron fencing outside the popular "Batman the Ride" offers warnings to approximately every 20 feet.

In 2002, a Six Flags foreman walked into the locked, no-access area on "Batman, The Ride" and was killed when he was struck by a riders' dangling legs.

The Batman roller coaster opened in 1997 and features a top speed of 50 mph, two loops, two corkscrews and a heartline spin, according to the Six Flags web site.

The roller coaster's height is nearly 11-stories tall.

People board a MARTA bus at Six Flags over Georgia in Austell on Saturday, June 28, after a boy, who was in an off-limits area, was struck and killed by a roller coaster.

Cobb County Police Department Sgt. Dana Pierce delivers a statement to the media.

No one else was injured in Saturday's incident. People ride the Goliath roller coaster near the entrance of Six Flags.

The entrance to "Batman: The Ride."

Pierce said the county's 911 center was almost immediately flooded with calls from people reporting what they had witnessed.

Another sign warns people from a restricted area.

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Batman The Ride reopened to the public at Six Flags Over Georgia on Wednesday (July 2) after the State Labor Commissioner gave the go-ahead for the operation.

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