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"The president of Six Flags announced Monday that the amusement park company is using both internal and external experts to investigate the deadly roller-coaster accident that killed a mother in Arlington.Jim Reid-Anderson offered no details about the investigation during a conference call Monday to discuss the company's earnings, according to The Associated Press.Texas is one of 21 states that does not have an agency to investigate park accidents and deaths; in Oklahoma, the Department of Labor is the chief investigator. The state\u2019s chief investigator and inspector told KOCO 5 News that amusement parks, like Frontier City, are inspected on an annual basis.\"The state of Texas does not have a regulatory agency or inspection program like Oklahoma,\u201D said Randall McGinnis, who has held his position for 15 years.\u201CIt\u2019s a lengthy process,\u201D he added. \u201CWe start from the parking lot to the very last moment where we give our blessing to operate\u201DIn addition to state inspections, Frontier City conducts its own investigations on a daily basis.\u201CThat's not to say that we don\u2019t go back a couple times through the summer and go into the park and do some spot inspections,\u201D he added.In April 1997, a 14-year-old Tulsa boy was killed on the Wildcat roller coaster at Bell\u2019s Amusement Park, which was in Tulsa\u2019s Expo Square, part of the Tulsa County Fairground.Thrill seekers who enjoy roller coasters describe the tragedy in Texas as \u201Cunfortunate\u201D and \u201Csad.\u201D\"It's a rare occurrence, but things like that happen,\u201D said Evan Lewis. \u201CThere's risk in everything. You can\u2019t live your life being afraid all the time, but at the same time, there should be inspections and making sure it's as safe as possible.\u201DKOCO tried reaching out to Frontier City, but refused requests for an interview.Crime footer"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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