Some people were enraged in late June after a Springfield, S.C., teen lost his life at Six Flags Over Georgia.

According to witnesses, the 17-year-old and a friend jumped two fences into a restricted area near Batman: The Ride to retrieve a hat the teen had lost while riding the roller coaster.

T he teen, who was at the amusement park on a church trip, was decapitated.

Some claim that the amusement park did not do enough to prevent the accident. Despite signs posted on the 6-foot-tall fences, two people now have died in this restricted area.

Others argue that the boy is completely at fault, some even saying "he gets zero sympathy" and "he should have known better."

C omments like these are being posted on news sites in response to the story.

Really, is it not enough that the young man was killed in such a terrible way? That his family suffers every day with the harsh reality? That this was a result of his poor judgment?

News bloggers and negative people have taken it upon themselves to preach to "the ignorant teens running around here with no common sense." Few people would deny that the death could have easily been avoided, but to continue to chastise this young man is wrong.

He should be remembered not as an "ignorant teenager" but as a young man who, according to his father, "was a happy-go-lucky guy who was always smiling."

In response to the death , Six Flags Over Georgia will make the warning signs on the fences larger and will post more of them.