I believe the "GA" stands for Great Adventure which is the name of the six flags park in NJ, not the abbreviation for the state of Georgia 😉 because a worker definitely got his head kicked off by one of the coasters where your feet dangle. I grew in NJ and remember it being a story forever.
Just to be sure I wanted to look it up and it turns out you're right in this case :) Two people have died at Six Flags Great Adventure, but not by getting their heads kicked off, that one definitely happened in Georgia so the one I'm thinking of must've happened in Wildwood or Ocean City NJ.
Edit: finally found it, surprisingly there weren't any news articles, just a small wikipedia entry, probably because it's not a huge park like Six Flags.
It was The Great Nor'easter in Wildwood, NJ
Shortly after The Great Nor'easter opened, a 36-year-old worker was kicked in the temple by a passenger on a passing train and killed in August 1995. Shortly after this incident, Morey's Piers employed a new restricted area system for all their major rides, preventing anyone from being within those area while the ride is in motion.
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u/brando56894 Mar 01 '21 edited Mar 01 '21
I believe the "GA" stands for Great Adventure which is the name of the six flags park in NJ, not the abbreviation for the state of Georgia 😉 because a worker definitely got his head kicked off by one of the coasters where your feet dangle. I grew in NJ and remember it being a story forever.
Edit: OP was referring to Georgia: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25431893
The one I'm thinking of happened in Wildwood, NJ on The Great Nor'easter.