Six Flags is facing a new wave of legal action after three lawsuits were filed over alleged brain injuries suffered by riders on the X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
The lawsuits were filed in California Superior Court this week against Six Flags, X2 manufacturer S&S Worldwide, and other defendants. Attorneys representing the riders say more than 100 people have also come forward with claims of traumatic brain injuries connected to the coaster within the past two years.
The cases add to growing scrutiny surrounding X2, which has been closed since July 12, 2026, following a pair of serious incidents involving riders. The coaster was taken out of operation after two women were hospitalized with severe brain injuries just six days apart.
One of those women, Pamela Guillen, 40, rode X2 on July 5 while visiting the park with her daughter. She required emergency brain surgery and has described continuing problems from the injury, including headaches and brain fog. She also takes medication to help prevent seizures related to the injury.
Six days later, Naomi Greer-Wilkinson, 26, also rode X2 and fell unconscious after exiting the attraction. She was taken to the same hospital where Guillen was being treated. Despite undergoing several surgeries to address the pressure on her brain caused by the injury, Greer-Wilkinson remains confined to a bed and is barely conscious.
A third lawsuit involves Michael Wilk, a Los Angeles attorney who says he experienced significant bleeding in his brain after riding X2 in February. He underwent multiple surgeries and says he is battling severe headaches, memory loss, and brain fog that have prevented him from continuing to practice law.
The new cases come shortly after a CNN investigation examined the coaster’s history of reported injuries. That investigation identified more than a dozen serious injury and hospitalization reports associated with X2 over the years, including two deaths.
The roller coaster first opened as X in 2002 before being revamped and opening as X2 in 2008. Six Flags bills the ride as “a [rite] of passage for the ultimate daredevil.” X2 features a wing-style design that places riders on either side of the track, and the seats are capable of rotating 360 degrees, allowing riders to flip around throughout the ride. The coaster has a track length of 3,610 ft, reaches speeds of up to 76 mph, and climbs 200 feet.
The lawsuits allege that the design of the attraction “makes it inherently dangerous.” Six Flags, however, has previously maintained in court filings that X2 is subject to daily inspections and that guests who ride the coaster as directed should not experience traumatic brain injuries.
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