Woman Remains on Ventilator Two Months After Alleged Injury on Six Flags' X2 Coaster

A 25-year-old woman is still on a ventilator two months after allegedly suffering a catastrophic brain injury on Six Flags Magic Mountain’s X2 roller coaster. Naomi Greer-Wilkinson remains hospitalized, with her parents stating that doctors had prepared them to expect the worst following her collapse after riding the attraction in July.

Photographs show Greer-Wilkinson in a hospital bed, connected to a ventilator via a tracheostomy tube and wearing a cervical collar. Her parents, Artemis Greer and Joshua Wilkinson, report that she is currently in a respiratory hospital attempting to be weaned off the ventilator.

Attorneys representing Greer-Wilkinson allege that the ride caused a severe traumatic brain injury, leading to a coma and requiring emergency brain surgery. Doctors who treated Greer-Wilkinson and another woman injured on the ride told CNN that the injuries were the result of a "traumatic rapid acceleration-deceleration event" experienced on the X2.

Greer-Wilkinson's injury occurred just six days after Pamela Guillen reported a similar medical emergency on the same roller coaster. Guillen stated that she became confused and disoriented after the ride, later waking up in a hospital to learn she had undergone emergency surgery for a brain bleed. She spent nearly a month in the hospital and is now undergoing rehabilitation.

Greer-Wilkinson was injured on July 22, and the X2 has been closed since shortly thereafter. The X2 roller coaster is known for its seats that rotate 360 degrees while riders experience drops up to 200 feet and speeds up to 76 mph.

Recent lawsuits filed against Six Flags allege that the X2 coaster has design and safety issues dating back to its opening in 2002. Attorneys for alleged injured riders claim that over 100 individuals have come forward in recent months reporting some form of brain injury after riding the attraction.

Six Flags has previously stated in court documents that the X2 undergoes daily inspections and that riders using the attraction as intended should not sustain a traumatic brain injury. The company has declined to comment on the pending litigation.