Six Flags Roller Coaster Linked to Serious Brain Injuries Shut Down

A popular Six Flags roller coaster linked to two deaths and recent traumatic brain injuries in California is being grounded.

A new CNN investigation reviewed records tied to the X2 coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia and found more than a dozen riders suffered serious injuries or hospitalizations over the years … including multiple brain injuries.

Two women were hospitalized just six days apart in July after riding X2 — and both needed emergency brain surgery.

One collapsed after getting off the coaster … while the other is still dealing with headaches, fatigue and other effects from brain damage.

CNN also found a 22-year-old man died after riding X2 … with his family saying he had been healthy beforehand.

Six Flags has maintained the 24-year-old coaster undergoes daily inspections and a normal rider using it properly would not suffer a traumatic brain injury. The coaster is currently closed.

Another death was linked to the coaster in 2010 … when Hilda Farias died after riding X2 … though medical experts said multiple factors were at play, including an existing brain abnormality.