10-year-old dies after losing consciousness on Six Flags ride

Six Flags Magic Mountain.
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A 10-year-old girl who passed out Friday while riding a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, died Saturday.

The girl, identified by ABC Los Angeles as Jasmine Martinez, lost consciousness while riding Revolution, a coaster that reaches speeds up to 55 mph and features a 90-foot tall vertical loop. She was said to be breathing but unconscious when she was airlifted to an area hospital, and an autopsy will determine her cause of death.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.