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Iowa amusement park ride that killed an 11-year-old boy will never reopen, according to park’s owners
The experience at an Iowa amusement park the place an 11-year-old boy was killed in 2021 won’t ever reopen, the park’s house owners stated.
Invoice Lentz, Adventureland’s normal supervisor, stated in a letter posted on the park’s web site Friday that after spending months reviewing the security of the Raging River experience, officers determined to shut it completely.
“The choice comes after months of examination of the experience, working intently with its producer to determine what enhancements every would wish to satisfy our working requirements,” Lentz stated within the assertion. “Primarily based upon that overview, the most effective path ahead is to shut Raging River, and concentrate on enhancing the Adventureland expertise elsewhere.”
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Michael Jaramillo died and his brother and father had been injured on July 3, 2021, after their raft overturned and trapped them within the water. The experience makes use of a conveyor belt to maneuver giant round rafts by rapids.
Guests arrive at Adventureland amusement park on July 6, 2021, in Altoona, Iowa. On Feb. 3, 2023, the managers of the park stated a experience that an 11-year-old boy died on won’t ever reopen. (AP Picture/Charlie Neibergall, File)
The park was offered to Palace Leisure within the wake of the boy’s demise and Lentz took over as normal supervisor in 2022. Palace Leisure is the U.S. subsidiary of Madrid-based Parques Reunidos.
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The Jaramillo household filed a lawsuit in opposition to Adventureland and its former house owners in June 2022, and a separate declare in opposition to the state of Iowa in September 2022. That lawsuit is tentatively set for trial subsequent spring. The previous house owners have maintained that the experience was secure.
State officers cited the park in November 2021 for 17 security violations associated to Jaramillo’s demise. The Des Moines Register reviews that the violations included utilizing Flex Seal as an alternative of permitted patches to repair leaks in rafts’ flotation bladders, which preserve the experience afloat, and never adequately documenting or testing repairs.
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In 2016, seasonal worker Steve Booher, 68, was killed after he fell when the experience started transferring unexpectedly. He turned wedged between a ship and a concrete sidewall, and his head was repeatedly rammed. He died days later.