The ride at the Iowa amusement park Adventureland, where an 11-year-old boy was killed in 2021, will never reopen, the park’s owners said.
Visitors arrive at the Adventureland Park amusement park, July 6, 2021, in Altoona, Iowa. On Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, the managers of the Iowa amusement park said a ride that an 11-year-old boy died on in 2021 will never reopen. Adventureland's general manager announced the decision in a letter posted on the park's website.
Michael Jaramillo died and his brother and father were injured on July 3, 2021, after their raft overturned and trapped them in the water. The ride uses a conveyor belt to move large circular rafts through rapids.The park was sold to Palace Entertainment in the wake of the boy’s death and Lentz took over as general manager in 2022. Palace Entertainment is the U.S. subsidiary of Madrid-based Parques Reunidos.
State officials cited the park in November 2021 for 17 safety violations related to Jaramillo’s death. The Des Moines Register reports that the violations included using Flex Seal instead of approved patches to fix leaks in rafts’ flotation bladders, which keep the ride afloat, and not adequately documenting or testing repairs.
In 2016, seasonal employee Steve Booher, 68, was killed after he fell when the ride began moving unexpectedly. He became wedged between a boat and a concrete sidewall, and his head was repeatedly rammed. He died days later.
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