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Magic Mountain's Viper, the largest looping roller coaster
in the world, towers 188 feet high and turns upside down
seven times at a speed of 70 mph.

Kailua woman files
suit against Six Flags

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Star-Bulletin staff

A Kailua woman has filed suit against a California theme park, claiming she suffered head injuries as a result of a roller-coaster ride.

Charlotte Norris, an office manager in Honolulu, said that on June 1, she rode on "The Viper" ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Calif.

Norris said she started having headaches immediately after the ride. She made a doctor's appointment about a month later and was diagnosed as having a subdural hematoma, a blood-filled swelling against the brain membrane.

Norris had surgery July 10.

She had a second operation a few days later after she suffered seizures and a CAT scan revealed a second hematoma, according to her attorney, Michael G.M. Ostendorp.

He said Norris' doctor said the hematoma was about a month old.

The suit charges that the design and construction of "The Viper" is defective and unreasonably dangerous.

Officials at Six Flags Magic Mountain had no immediate comment.