The family of an 11-year-old boy who died last year after an Iowa amusement park ride overturned filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Thursday, saying the park failed to maintain a safe water ride, according to a copy of the petition obtained by CNN
Michael Jaramillo was on board the Raging River ride at Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa, where on July 3, 2021, his family was celebrating his older brother David's upcoming 16th birthday. The raft flipped over, trapping the Jaramillo family underneath. Michael and David were trapped underwater for more than five minutes, according to the lawsuit.Michael died at a hospital the next day, from"freshwater drowning," the court document says.
11-year-old boy dies, 3 others injured after a raft ride at an Iowa amusement park overturnsAn attorney for the former parent company of Adventureland, Guy Cook, said in a statement the claims of the lawsuit will be specifically addressed in court filings and the accident resulted from"a number of extraordinarily unusual factors coming together.
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