Crews have rescued all eight students who were stuck on Pleasure Pier's Iron Shark roller coaster in Galveston, Texas on Thursday.
The man was hit by the Banshee at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio.
A towering North Carolina roller coaster that shut down in June due to a large crack in its support column reopened Thursday after a month of repairs and testing, the park announced on its website.
The Fury 325 will stay closed until inspections and repairs happen, park officials have said.
Carowinds staff closed the Fury 325 late last week after a visitor pointed out the sizable crack.
Carowinds is sharing its plans to repair the Fury 325 roller coaster after a massive crack was found in one of the support beams.