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Colorado jury has ordered a local theme park and others to pay $ 205 million to a 6 -year -old girl’s family, falling from a ride over 100 feet to her death.
The verdict issued on Friday in the Garfield County District Court is one of the biggest wrong death awards for a single plaintiff in the state’s history.
Wongel Estifanos, Colorado Springs, was visiting the Glenwood Cavarns Adventure Park with his family on Labor Day Weekend in 2021, when the tragedy hit a drop of the haunted mine.
The inquiry paper -reviewed by Fox News Digital Show, paperwork Estifanos was not properly put on his seat before the ride started.
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Wongel Estifanos died tragically after falling from a ride at Glenwood Cavarns Adventure Park. (Rachel Estifanos and Estifanos Dagne)
Instead, he was still sitting at the top of the banned restrictions that were released by the previous rider. Even though a warning alarm seemed, an operator finished the system and started the ride, according to the documents.
The haunted mine drop, which was the first drop ride of its kind to sink the underground riders, dropped the passengers in a dark shaft 110 feet. Riders used to sit together on a bench -like seat in a slow room.
After the seat is safe with the belt, the lights will be out and the attraction will simulate a ghost appearance that will send them downwards in the total darkness.
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Hunted Mine Drop is shown in this July 2017 file photo at Glenwood Cavarns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. (Chelsea Self/Glenwood Springs AP, independent post via file)
The freefol was finished with bright lantern, brightening the walls of the mine before bringing the riders back to the loading platform.
After the 2021 incident, the haunted my drop was permanently closed.
“For four long years, Glenwood Caverns mistakenly denied Wongel’s death, which was dropped ten stories for his death by a ride. Wongel’s parents took the matter to prove the matter to test what happened to really and try to save others,” Capis said.
According to court documents, the family’s 2022 trial not only accused the operator’s negligence, but also that Glenwood Cavers repeatedly ignored the customer complaints about the unsafe practices on the ride.
Investigators also concluded that the errors of several employees led to the death of Estifanos, including failure to prepare a seat belt before the boarding begins.
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Wongel Estifanos demolished 10 stories for his death with a ride at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park. (Rachel Estifanos and Estifanos Dagne)
Glenwood Caverns Marketing Director Kimberly Markam said in a statement that co-counterbet Soring Eagle Inc. had “built a boon to the haunted mine with a faulty restraint system, which caused this heart accident.”
Marks also indicated that the manufacturer had safely certified the attraction despite the defective restraint system.
“Our hearts go out for Wongel Estifanos’s family,” said Marakam, “Glenwood was searching for” all options “so that we could try to continue serving our guests, and continue to give back to the community.”
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The prosecutors refused to carry out criminal allegations against Glenwood Cavors, which cited challenges in proving the mangelot, but the civil trial gave Estephanos’ family a day in court.
“They are grateful to the people of Garfield County for being kind to him during this long test,” Cap first said in her statement.
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