U.S.|Man Killed at Six Flags Struck Other Riders During Fall From Roller Coaster

The police in Georgia on Tuesday identified the person who had died after falling off a roller coaster at Six Flags on Monday. The man, Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, a 42-year-old from Atlanta, was ejected from the ride, witnesses said, and struck other patrons as he fell.

In a statement, the Cobb County Police Department said that Mr. Kariem was found “unresponsive and not breathing” when investigators showed up at the Six Flags Over Georgia amusement park in Austell, Ga., about 17 miles west of Atlanta, just before 4 p.m. local time on Monday.

Witnesses and employees described the fall to the authorities, who are continuing their investigation. Several other people were injured on the roller coaster.

Additional details about the death, as well as the number of people injured and their conditions, were not immediately available on Tuesday.

The episode has rattled Georgia. The Six Flags location is among the state’s largest and most popular theme parks, becoming over the past 60 years a fixture in the Atlanta metro area for recreational trips by families, schools and church groups. The park covers nearly 300 acres, with more than 40 attractions and a dozen roller coasters.

“We are all grappling with how something so devastating could happen at a place that has given generations of families such happy memories,” Lisa N. Cupid, the chairwoman of Cobb County’s commissioners board, said in a statement. Mr. Kariem was an information technology manager with Wesley International Academy, a public charter school that goes from kindergarten through 8th grades, Atlanta Public Schools, the city’s school system, said on Tuesday. His online profile said he worked there for more than 12 years, including several years as a teacher.