The investigation of the death of a woman on a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas will be led by Six Flags itself, because there’s no state or federal agency responsible for enforcing the safety of amusement parks.

Rosy Ayala-Goana of Dallas died Friday night when she fell from the Texas Giant, which is billed as the world’s steepest wooden roller coaster.

Six Flags initially said in a statement that it was “working with authorities” to figure out what happened. But it later had to admit that it was running the investigation itself because there are no authorities to work with.

No federal agency has legal authority to enforce safety standards. And Texas is one of at least 17 states that have no agency responsible for inspecting amusement park rides, according to NBC News’ survey of state codes in all 50 states.

While he was previously in the House, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced legislation every congressional session to establish federal regulation of amusement park rides beginning in 1999. But the measure never passed.

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