Family of boy killed in Iowa amusement park accident files wrongful death lawsuit

ALTOONA, Iowa — The household of an 11-year-old boy who died on a water journey at an Iowa amusement park a yr in the past filed a wrongful demise lawsuit in state courtroom Thursday, alleging the park didn’t correctly preserve and restore its rides.

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David and Sabrina Jaramillo, of Cedar Rapids and three of their youngsters David Jaramillo Jr., August Jaramillo and Nyla Pettie filed the lawsuit towards Aventureland Park within the Des Moines suburb of Altoona.

They and 11-year-old Michael Jaramillo have been on the Raging River journey on the park on July 3, 2021, when the raft carrying all six members of the family flipped, trapping them beneath the water.

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Michael Jaramillo drowned and different members of the family have been injured.

The lawsuit alleges Adventureland failed for years to correctly preserve and restore its rides, together with the Raging River. The lawsuit claims the park continued to function on the day of the accident regardless of stories of significant issues.

They search unspecified financial damages for negligence towards the corporate that owned the park, Journey Lands of America, its former CEO Michael Krantz and three managers.

Krantz is a member of the native household that owned the corporate that operated Adventureland for the reason that Nineteen Seventies. They offered the park and different affiliated belongings late final yr to Palace Leisure, a subsidiary of Parques Reunidos, a global amusement park firm primarily based in Spain.

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Courtroom paperwork say Journey Land is vicariously chargeable for the actions of the lads.

“All actions or failures to behave by the said officers and managers occurred throughout their employment by Journey Land, and inside the scope of their employment,” it says.

Man R. Cook dinner, the lawyer representing the defendants, mentioned security has at all times been the highest precedence for the amusement park.

“Sadly, the tragic accident was the results of quite a lot of terribly uncommon elements coming collectively. The claims of lawsuit might be particularly addressed in future courtroom filings,” he mentioned.